Clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of serum albumin changes in an internal medicine ward

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 772-778

  Barchel, Dana ^a   Almoznino Sarafian, Dorit ^a   Shteinshnaider, Miriam ^a   Tzur, Irma ^a   Cohen, Natan ^a   Gorelik, Oleg ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Albumin; Hospitalization; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; WARD;

ALBUMIN; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84889677076     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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