Respiratory complication of tsunami diaster victims in Vachira Phuket Hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 518-521

  Yorsaengrat, Weerawat ^a   Chungpaibulpatana, Jessada ^a   Tunki, Blaumjit ^a   Pauvilai, Wilai ^b   Kititornkul, Suthi ^a   Suntong, Broorachut ^a  

^a Vachira Phuket Hospital   (Thailand)

^b RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Appropriate empirical antibiotics; CPAP respirator; Klebseilla pneumoniae; Near drowning; Pneumonitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASYSTOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; TSUNAMI; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEAR DROWNING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEAWATER; THAILAND;

EID: 33646426910     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rapid health response, assessment, and surveillance after a tsunami - Thailand, 2004-2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005; 54: 61-4.