Predictors of mortality in hepatic encephalopathy in acute and chronic liver disease: A preliminary observation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 922-926

  Udayakumar, N ^a   Subramaniam, K ^a   Umashankar, L ^a   Verghese, Joy ^b   Jayanthi, V ^b  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Mortality; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTILATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349085272     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225639.45157.ee     Document Type: Article

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