Neurohumoral, immunoinflammatory and cardiovascular profile of patients with severe tetanus: A prospective study

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Brauner, Janete S ^a,b   Clausell, Nadine ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; TETANUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETANUS; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646346856     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-2     Document Type: Article

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