Risk factors for mortality in patients with leptospirosis during an epidemic in northern Kerala

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 240-242

  Pappachan, M J ^a   Mathew, Sheela ^a   Aravindan, K P ^a   Khader, Aysha ^a   Bharghavan, P V ^a   Abdul Kareem, M M ^a   Tuteja, Urmil ^b   Shukla, Jyoti ^b   Batra, H V ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; INDIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OLIGURIA; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11344281287     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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