A retrospective study on clinical features of and treatment methods for 77 severe cases of SARS

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 821-839

  Lin, Lin ^a   Xu, Yin Ji ^a   He, De Ping ^a   Han, Yun ^a   Tang, Guang Hua ^a   Yang, Zhi Min ^a   Yu, Hui ^a   Lin, Zhi Xiu ^b,c  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine; Pattern Differentiation; SARS

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2542497912     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03001521     Document Type: Article

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