Predicting dry weight in patients with ascites and liver cirrhosis using computed tomography imaging

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 99-100, 2010, Pages 591-597

  McHugh, Patrick P ^a   Shah, Sheetal H ^a   Johnston, Thomas D ^a   Gedaly, Roberto ^a   Ranjan, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; BMI; Liver transplantation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955492380     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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