Esophagogastric varices predict mortality in hospitalized patients with alcoholic liver disease in Taiwan

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 98, 2010, Pages 305-308

  Lin, Chih Wen ^a   Chen, Yaw Sen ^a   Lai, Chung Hsu ^a,b   Perng, Daw Shyong ^a   Weng, Hui Ching ^a   Hu, Jui Ting ^c,d   Huang, Yi Wen ^c,e   Hsu, Mei Yu ^c   Yang, Sien Sing ^c,d  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Mortality; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH VARICES; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954106895     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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