Admission serum albumin is predicitve of outcome in critically III trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1099-1102

  Sung, Jin ^a   Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Joshi, Manjari ^a   Bochicchio, Kelly ^a   Costas, Ainhoa ^a   Tracy, Kate ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBUMINS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13844311265     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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