Prognostic impact of lactate in acute liver failure [1]

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-122

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a   O'Beirne, James ^a   Betrossian, Alex ^a   Senzolo, Marco ^a   Shaw, Steve ^a   Patch, David ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; LACTIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38649134203     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21383     Document Type: Letter

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