Low likelihood of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis and altered mental status

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-169

  Donovan, Lucas M ^a   Kress, Whitney L ^a   Strnad, Luke C ^a   Sarwar, Ammar ^a   Patwardhan, Vilas ^a   Piatkowski, Gail ^a   Tapper, Elliot B ^a   Afdhal, Nezam H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Computed tomography; Delirium; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84917674988     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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