The association between the serum sodium level and the severity of complications in liver cirrhosis

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Jong, Hoon Kim ^a   June, Sung Lee ^a   Seuk, Hyun Lee ^a   Won, Ki Bae ^a   Kim, Nam Hoon ^a   Kim, Kyung Ah ^a   Moon, Young Soo ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hyponatremia; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH VARICES; SURVIVAL RATE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; HYPONATREMIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650720541     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2009.24.2.106     Document Type: Article

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