Value of the plasma protein and hemoglobin concentration in the diagnosis of pulmonary edema in scorpion sting patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1600-1605

  Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a   Dammak, Hassen ^a   Ben Hamida, Chokri ^a   Ksibi, Hichem ^a   Rekik, Noureddine ^a   Chelly, Hedi ^a   Teboul, Jean Louis ^b   Kallel, Hatem ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin level; Plasma protein concentration; Pulmonary edema; Scorpion envenomation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORPION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SCORPION VENOMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036902451     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1480-6     Document Type: Article

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