Delayed paracentesis is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

The American journal of gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1436-1442

  Kim, John J ^a   Tsukamoto, Michelle M ^a   Mathur, Arvind K ^a   Ghomri, Yashar M ^a   Hou, Linda A ^a   Sheibani, Sarah ^a   Runyon, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CREATININE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908250553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.212     Document Type: Article

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