Mortality analysis of patients of acute febrile illness during monsoon in a tertiary care hospital of mumbai

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Bajpai, Smrati ^a   Bichile, Lata S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALARIA; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 67649971056     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31817cfd66     Document Type: Article

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