Outcome of patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-207

  Austin, Mark J ^a   Shawcross, Debbie L ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute on chronic liver failure; Cirrhosis; Intensive care; Organ dysfunction; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VARIX BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849133958     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f6a40d     Document Type: Review

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