The mortality survey of older patients with cirrhosis in Taiwan-A single-center experience

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2230-2232

  Chen, Yu Wei ^a   Wu, Chih Jen ^a,b   Wang, Tsang En ^a,c   Chang, Ching Wei ^a,c   Chen, Han Hsiang ^a,d   Chang, Chen Wang ^a,c  

^a NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 78449274400     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03102.x     Document Type: Letter

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