Thin-section CT in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome following hospital discharge: Preliminary experience

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 810-815

  Antonio, Gregory E ^a   Wong, K T ^a   Hui, David S C ^a   Wu, Alan ^a   Lee, Nelson ^a   Yuen, Edmund H Y ^a   Leung, C B ^a   Rainer, T H ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a   Chung, Sydney S C ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute interstitial; CT; Lung; Pneumonia; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042631532     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2283030726     Document Type: Article

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