Early predictors of haemorrhage in acute febrile syndrome patients from Bucaramanga, Colombia: A dengue endemic area

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-482

  Diaz Quijano F A ^a   Martinez Vega R A ^a   Villar Centeno, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b School of Medicine

Author keywords

Acute febrile syndrome; Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Platelet count alteration; Spontaneous haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOURNIQUET;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEVER; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT;

EID: 47249085199     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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