Epidemiological data and comorbidities of 428 patients hospitalized with erysipelas

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 492-494

  De Godoy, José Maria Pereira ^a   Massari, Patricia Galacini ^a   Rosinha, Mônica Yoshino ^a   Brandão, Rafael Marinelli ^a   Casas, André Luís Foroni ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chronic venous; comorbidities; epidemiology; erysipelas

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RISK; LEG ULCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954072170     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709351257     Document Type: Article

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