Liver diseases: Admissions and mortality in a medical ICU at a rural centre in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 713-716

  Abbas, Syed Zafar ^a   Batool, Syeda Aasia ^a   Pathan, Iqbal ^a   Muhammad, Syed Razi ^a   Abbas, Syed Qamar ^b  

^a Muhammad Medical College & Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b St Clare Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Complication; ICU; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36949027156     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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