Clinical outcome and prognostic factors of patients with pyogenic liver abscess requiring intensive care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1184-1188

  Chen, Wei ^a   Chen, Chia Hung ^a   Chiu, Kuo Liang ^a   Lai, Hsueh Chou ^a   Liao, Kuan Fu ^a   Ho, Yung Jen ^a   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Acute respiratory failure; Intensive care; Prognostic factor; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CREATININE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 41649092255     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31816a0a06     Document Type: Article

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