Predictors of outcome in patients with diphtheria receiving intensive care

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Jayashree, M ^a   Shruthi, N ^a   Singhi, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; Intensive care; Myocarditis; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644546031     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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