Hypoglycemia is associated with increased mortality in patients with acute decompensated liver cirrhosis

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316.e7-316.e12

  Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea ^a   Wiemann, Christoph ^a   Funk, Georg Christian ^b   Leichtle, Alexander Benedikt ^c   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^c   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos ^a   Lindner, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decompensated liver cirrhosis; Glucose disturbance; Hypoglycemia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896714780     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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