Determination of correlation of Adjusted Blood Requirement Index with outcome in patients presenting with acute variceal bleeding

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2372-2375

  Akhtar, Naheed ^a   Zuberi, Bader Faiyaz ^a   Hasan, Syed Riazul ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Afsar, Salahuddin ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adjusted Blood Requirement Index; Cirrhosis; Mortality; Portal hypertension; Variceal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

TERLIPRESSIN;

ACUTE VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE; ADJUSTED BLOOD REQUIREMENT INDEX; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 67651252752     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2372     Document Type: Article

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