Survival and Prognostic Factors of Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites: A Study of 134 Outpatients

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 514-519

  Salerno, Francesco ^a   Borroni, Gianmario ^a   Moser, Pamela ^a   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^a   Cassarà, Laura ^a   Maggi, Alessandra ^a   Fusini, Mirella ^a   Cesana, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027411846     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1993.tb02965.x     Document Type: Article

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