West Nile virus infection in the intensive care unit: A case series and literature review

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 354-358

  Fan, Eddy ^a   Needham, Dale M ^a,b   Brunton, James ^a,c   Kern, Ralph Z ^a,c   Stewart, Thomas E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case report; Critical care; Encephalitis; Intensive care units; Paralysis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 4544384023     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/906150     Document Type: Article

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