Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in 267 Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Choi, Kin Wing ^a   Chau, Tai Nin ^a   Tsang, Owen ^a   Tso, Eugene ^a   Chiu, Ming Chee ^a   Tong, Wing Lok ^a   Lee, Po Oi ^a   Ng, Tak Keung ^a   Ng, Wai Fu ^a   Lee, Kam Cheong ^a   Lam, William ^a   Yu, Wai Cho ^a   Lai, Jak Yiu ^a   Lai, Sik To ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0842344072     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-9-200311040-00005     Document Type: Article

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