Outcome predictors of cirrhosis patients admitted to the intensive care unit

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Arabi, Yaseen ^a   Ahmed, Qanta A A ^b   Haddad, Samir ^a   Aljumah, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Shimemeri, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Intensive care; Liver disease; Mortality; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE CATHETER;

EID: 1642412728     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200403000-00014     Document Type: Article

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