Critical care medicine for emerging Middle East respiratory syndrome: Which point to be considered?

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 528-530

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a Surindra Rajabhat University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Critical care medicine; emerging; Middle East respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84941634182     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.164802     Document Type: Article

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