Atypical presentations of dengue disease in the elderly visiting the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 783-787

  Lee, Ching Chi ^a   Hsu, Hsiang Chin ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Hong, Ming Yuan ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENGUE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 84877721476     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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