High efficacy of bolus methylprednisolone in severe leptospirosis: A descriptive study in Sri Lanka

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1023, 2011, Pages 13-17

  Kularatne, Senanayake A M ^a   Budagoda, B D Sudhara S ^a   De Alwis, V Kapila D ^b   Wickramasinghe, W M R Sujantha ^a   Bandara, J M Ruwanthi P ^c   Pathirage, L P Manoji M K ^c   Gamlath, G Rohitha R D K ^c   Wijethunga, Thusitha J ^c   Jayalath, W A Thilak A ^a   Jayasinghe, Chandrika ^a   Pinto, Vasanthi ^d   Somaratne, Praneetha ^e   Kumarasiri, P V Ranjith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Base Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651372511     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.092734     Document Type: Article

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