Holidays and cystic fibrosis

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 93, Issue 38, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Verma, Arpana ^a   Dodd, Mary E ^a   Haworth, Charles S ^a   Webb, A Kevin ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RIFAMPICIN;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EXERCISE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034065177     PISSN: 02675331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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