Implications of Discordance in World Health Organization 1997 and 2009 Dengue Classifications in Adult Dengue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gan, Victor C ^a   Lye, David C ^a,b   Thein, Tun L ^a   Dimatatac, Frederico ^a   Tan, Adriana S ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA LEAKAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TACHYCARDIA; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875673811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060946     Document Type: Article

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