Sociodemographic characteristics, complications requiring hospital admission and causes of in-hospital death in patients with liver cirrhosis admitted at a district hospital in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Chronic liver diseases including liver cirrhosis are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite the high burden of liver cirrhosis in Ghana, data on this disease is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To determine the sociodemographic characteristics, reasons for admission, and in-hospit...

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Autores principales: Duah, Amoako, Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa, Osei-Poku, Foster, Duah, Francisca, Addo, Bright Peprah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34166471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253759

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34166471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253759

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