Respiratory complication of tsunami victims in Phuket and Phang-Nga

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 754-758

  Kateruttanakul, Pairaj ^a   Paovilai, Wilai ^a   Kongsaengdao, Subsai ^a   Bunnag, Sakarn ^a   Atipornwanich, Kriangsak ^a   Siriwatanakul, Napha ^a  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

B. pseudomallei; Pulmonary edema; Seawater near drowning; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THAILAND; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND;

EID: 22744438444     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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