Predictors of mortality and resource utilization in cirrhotic patients admitted to the medical ICU

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1489-1497

  Aggarwal, Anjana ^a   Ong, Janus P ^a   Younossi, Zobair M ^a   Nelson, David R ^a   Hoffman Hogg, Lori ^a   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cost; End stage liver disease; Intensive care; Length of stay; Mortality; Outcome; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0034942030     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.5.1489     Document Type: Article

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