Precipitating factors of hepatic encephalopathy at a tertiary care hospital Jamshoro, Hyderabad

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 683-686

  Devrajani, Bikha Ram ^a   Shah, Syed Zulfiquar Ali ^a   Devrajani, Tarachand ^a   Kumar, Dileep ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INDIA; INFECTION; INJURY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349292158     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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