High-dose intravenous dexamethasone in the management of diarrheal patients with enteric fever and encephalopathy

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1065-1073

  Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a   Bardhan, Pradip Kumar ^a   Huq, Sayeeda ^a   Khan, Wasif Ali ^a   Khan, Ali Miraj ^a   Sharifuzzaman, ^a   Salam, Mohammed Abdus ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 70349808234     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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