SARS: Experience at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9368, 2003, Pages 1486-1487

  Tomlinson, Brian ^a   Cockram, Clive ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASPIRATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS; CROWDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; IRELAND; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG VENTILATION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038298803     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13218-7     Document Type: Note

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