Malaria Requiring Intensive Care

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-357

  Khoo, K L ^a   Tan, W L ^b   Eng, P ^a   Ong, Y Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; Mortality; Severe falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032058637     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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