A retrospective study of 78 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 805-810

  Xiao, Zhenglun ^a   Li, Yimin ^a   Chen, Rongchang ^a   Li, Shiyue ^a   Zhong, Shuqing ^a   Zhong, Nanshan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Atypical pneumonia; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; OXYGEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0038574380     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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