Development of a standard treatment protocol for severe acute respiratory syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9369, 2003, Pages 1615-1617

  So, Loletta Kit Ying ^a,c   Lau, Arthur C W ^a   Yam, Loretta Y C ^a   Cheung, Thomas M T ^a   Poon, Edwin ^a   Yung, Raymond W H ^a   Yuen, K Y ^b  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038137600     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13265-5     Document Type: Article

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