Immunosuppressive therapy in lung injury due to paraquat poisoning: A meta-analysis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1000-1005

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Srinivas, R ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Gupta, D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Gluco corticoids; Immunosuppressive therapy; Lung injury; Paraquat poisoning

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; HERBICIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PARAQUAT;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAQUAT POISONING; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INDIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; PARAQUAT; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38449108528     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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