Frequency of poor quality of life and predictors of health related quality of life in cirrhosis at a tertiary care hospital Pakistan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Parkash, Om ^a   Iqbal, Romaina ^b   Jafri, Fatima ^c   Azam, Iqbal ^b   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Health related Quality of life; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B; Quality of life; Upper GI bleed

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ALB PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865298309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-446     Document Type: Article

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