Improvement of case-management - A key factor to reduce case-fatality rate of dengue haemorrhagic fever in Southern Viet Nam

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 144-148

  Hung, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Lan, Nguyen Trong ^a  

^a Children's Hospital No 1   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Case management; Case fatality rate; DHF DSS; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAREGIVER; COUNSELING; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIET NAM;

EID: 3042726964     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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