Initial clinical management of symptomatic adult patients during influenza A (H1N1) epidemics

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-440

  Sala, Hernando ^a   Roca, Jaime Segovia ^a   Zerbo, Cecilia ^a   Garcia, Rodrigo ^a   Cabral, Graciela ^a   Fernandez, Alejandra ^a   Tummino, Carlos ^a   Baldini, Matias ^a   Rizzo, Oscar ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^b Directora del departamento de EPID   (Argentina)

Author keywords

flu epidemics; influenza A (H1N1); pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 80054686137     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.093     Document Type: Article

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