Prognosis and 1-year mortality of intensive care unit patients with severe hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-370

  Fichet, Jérôme ^a   Mercier, Emmanuelle ^a   Genée, Olivier ^a   Garot, Denis ^a   Legras, Annick ^a   Dequin, Pierre François ^a   Perrotin, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Coma; Hepatic encephalopathy; Intensive care; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 67949085071     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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