Retrospective study of the clinical profile and prognostic indicators in patients of alcoholic liver disease admitted to a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western Nepal

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Pathak, Om ^a   Paudel, Raju ^a   Panta, Om ^a   Pant, Hom ^a   Giri, Bishnu ^a   Adhikari, Baikuntha ^a  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Demographic profile; Nepal; Prognostic indicators

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68549130621     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.54746     Document Type: Article

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