Hypoalbuminaemia in critically ill children: Incidence, prognosis, and influence on the anion gap

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Durward, A ^a   Mayer, A ^a   Skellett, S ^a   Taylor, D ^a   Hanna, S ^a   Tibby, S M ^a   Murdoch, I A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0037657753     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.5.419     Document Type: Article

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