The use of corticosteroid as treatment in SARS was associated with adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-102

  Auyeung, Tung Wai ^b   Lee, Jenny S W ^a   Lai, Wing Kin ^b   Choi, Chun Hung ^b   Lee, Hoi Kan ^b   Lee, Joo Shim ^b   Li, Po Chun ^b   Lok, Ka Ho ^b   Ng, Yuk Yung ^b   Wong, Wai Ming ^b   Yeung, Yiu Ming ^b  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Corticosteroid; Outcome; SARS; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144463826     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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