Long-term prognosis of cirrhotics with an upper gastrointestinal bleeding episode: Does infection play a role?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 8 PART2, 2008, Pages

  Vlachogiannakos, Jiannis ^a   Sklavos, Pantelis ^a   Viazis, Nikos ^a   Manolakopoulos, Spilios ^a   Markoglou, Costas ^a   Kougioumtzian, Anastasios ^a   Triantos, Christos ^a   Theodoropoulos, Jiannis ^a   Raptis, Sotirios ^b   Karamanolis, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial infection; Cirrhosis; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; LACTULOSE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 48549089706     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05331.x     Document Type: Article

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