Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: Prognostic factors for death in reported cases in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 298-302

  da Rosa Elkhoury, Mauro ^a   da Silva Mendes, Wellington ^b   Waldman, Eliseu Alves ^c   Dias, Juarez Pereira ^d   Carmo, Eduardo Hage ^e   Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Pedro ^f,g  

^a FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ODYNOPHAGIA; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WINTER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

HANTAVIRUS;

EID: 84859864138     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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