The prevalence and significance of hypoalbuminemia in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 76, 2007, Pages 1153-1156

  Tung, Chun Fang ^a,b   Chow, Wai Reung ^a   Chang, Chi Sen ^a   Peng, Yen Chun ^a,b   Hu, Wei Hsiung ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypoalbuminemia; Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34347342914     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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