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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...
Autores principales: | Duah, Amoako, Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa, Osei-Poku, Foster, Duah, Francisca, Addo, Bright Peprah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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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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