Management dilemmas in the treatment of dengue fever

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 211-218

  Sellahewa, Kolitha H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dengue; Disease severity predictors; Management

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CASE MANAGEMENT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70350068423     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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