Outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to a specialty liver intensive care unit in India

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Juneja, Deven ^a   Gopal, Palepu B ^a   Kapoor, Dharmesh ^a   Raya, Ravichandra ^a   Sathyanarayanan, Mohan ^a   Malhotra, Parveen ^a  

^a Global Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; Critical care; Liver cirrhosis; SOFA score

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APACHE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67949115819     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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