Hemophagocytic syndromes in adult intensive care units: Response to Okabe et al

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-344

  Richards, Mikhyla J ^a   Sreenivasan, Gayatri M ^a   Dhingra, Vinay ^a   Sweet, David D ^a   Chen, Luke Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RITUXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE;

EID: 80052714269     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066611411562     Document Type: Letter

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