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Association of serum albumin level with incidence and mortality of overt hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis during hospitalization

BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious complication of cirrhosis. Decreased serum albumin (ALB) level may facilitate the development of HE and accelerate the death of cirrhotic patients with HE. Recent evidence also suggests that human albumin infusion may reduce the incidence of HE an...

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Autores principales: Bai, Zhaohui, Guo, Xiaozhong, Tacke, Frank, Li, Yingying, Li, Hongyu, Qi, Xingshun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6783662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1756284819881302