Serum albumin as an outcome predictor in hospital emergency medical admissions

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-20

  Lyons, Owen ^a   Whelan, Bryan ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   O'Riordan, Deirdre ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Inpatients; Mortality; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249136024     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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