High vitamin B12 levels are not associated with increased mortality risk for ICU patients after adjusting for liver function: A cohort study

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Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Callaghan, Fiona M ^a   Leishear, Kira ^b   Abhyankar, Swapna ^a   Demner Fushman, Dina ^a   McDonald, Clement J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Liver disease; Liver function; Mortality; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84896390363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnme.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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