Liver stiffness and 30-day mortality in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-152

  Lindvig, Kristoffer ^a   Mössner, Belinda K ^a   Pedersen, Court ^a   Lillevang, Søren T ^a   Christensen, Peer B ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

30 day mortality; Cardiac disease; Hospital admission; Liver cirrhosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855486701     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02571.x     Document Type: Article

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