Variceal hemorrhage: Analysis of 9987 cases from a Japanese nationwide database

Hepatology Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-293

  Sato, Masaya ^a   Tateishi, Ryosuke ^a   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^c   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child Pugh score; Diagnosis procedure combination; In hospital mortality; Nationwide database; Variceal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD PUGH SCORE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH VARICES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84924077340     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12357     Document Type: Article

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