Correlates of severe disease in patients admitted with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection in Saurashtra region, India

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 113-120

  Chudasama, Rajesh K ^a   Verma, Pramod B ^a   Amin, Chikitsa D ^a   Gohel, Bharat ^a   Savariya, Dinkar ^a   Ninama, Rakesh ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; influenza A (H1N1); intensive care; pregnancy; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; severe disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; INDIA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PANDEMIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78650927187     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.74169     Document Type: Article

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