Urinary catecholamine excretion in tetanus

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-359

  Thwaites, C Louise ^a,b   Yen, L M ^c   Cordon, S M ^d   Binh, N T ^c   Ngoc Nga, N T ^c   White, N J ^a,b   Soni, N ^e   MacDonald, I A ^d   Farrar, J J ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CATECHOLAMINE EXCRETION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETANUS;

EID: 33646712725     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04580.x     Document Type: Article

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