Early clinical and laboratory risk factors of intensive care unit requirement during 2004-2008 dengue epidemics in Singapore: A matched case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pang, Junxiong ^a,b,c   Thein, Tun Linn ^c   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,c,d   Lye, David C ^c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue; Early risk factors; Intensive care unit; Matched case control

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENGUE; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924328005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0649-2     Document Type: Article

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