Heavy chronic alcohol abuse has no additional adverse effect on the function of extrahepatic organs and ICU mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 810-814

  Zauner, Christian ^a,b   Schneeweiss, Bruno ^a   Kranz, Alexander ^a   Klos, Helmut ^a   Gendo, Alexandra ^a   Ratheiser, Klaus ^a   Lenz, Kurt ^a   Kramer, Ludwig ^a   Madl, Christian ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Cirrhosis; Intensive care; Mortality; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033569492     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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