The value of serum uric acid as a mortality prediction in critically ill children

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Hooman, Nakysa ^a   Mehrazma, Mitra ^a   Nakhaii, Shahrbanoo ^a   Otukesh, Hasan ^a   Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^b   Dianati Maleki, Neda ^c   Ehteshami Afshar, Arash ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyperuricemia; Intensive care; Mortality; Pediatrics; Sepsis; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STUDENT T TEST; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

EID: 77957560025     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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