Does electrocardiography at admission predict outcome in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever?

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan ^a   Engin, Aynur ^a   Bektasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Zorlu, Ali ^a   Meltem, Refiker ^b   Bakir, Mehmet ^a   Dokmetas, Ilyas ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Electrocardiography; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; T WAVE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 80052889329     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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