Clinical characteristics and mortality of hospitalized alcoholic hepatitis patients in the United States

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 714-719

  Liangpunsakul, Suthat ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Roudebush Veterans Administration Medicial Center   (United States)

^c Clarian Digestive Disease Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholic hepatitis; in hospital mortality; NIS data

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052026576     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181fdef1d     Document Type: Article

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