Deaths associated with dengue haermorrhagic fever: The first in Australia in over a century

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-37

  McBride, William J H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCAGON; INFUSION FLUID; METARAMINOL; METFORMIN; MORPHINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MELENA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PALPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 21844436275     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06889.x     Document Type: Article

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