Serum osmolarity as an outcome predictor in hospital emergency medical admissions

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Nicholson, Trevor ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Inpatients; Medicine; Mortality; Osmolarity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERUM OSMOLARITY;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84856489923     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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