Evaluation of the liver injury unit scoring system to predict survival in a multinational study of pediatric acute liver failure

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Brandy R ^a   Zhang, Song ^b   Narkewicz, Michael R ^a,c   Belle, Steven H ^b   Squires, Robert H ^d   Sokol, Ronald J ^a,c  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84876664906     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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