Early corticosteroid treatment for severe pneumonia caused by 2009 H1N1 influenza virus

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kil, Hong Ryang ^a   Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Lee, Kyung Yil ^b,c   Rhim, Jung Woo ^b,c   Youn, You Sook ^b,c   Kang, Jin Han ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; MALE; SOUTH KOREA;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 79953005067     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10082     Document Type: Letter

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