Serum albumin contentration as a prognostic indicator for acute surgical patients

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Kung, Sung Pao ^a,b   Tang, Gau Jun ^a   Wu, Chew Wun ^b   Lui, Wing Yiu ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; Outcome; Serum albumin concentration

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; ACUTE DISEASE; APACHE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0033054755     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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