Our strategies for fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-9

  Zhong, Nan Shan ^a   Zeng, Guang Qiao ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEROIDS;

EID: 0041302593     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200305-707OE     Document Type: Review

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