Influenza virus-related critical illness: Prevention, diagnosis, treatment

Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Chow, Eric J ^a,b   Doyle, Joshua D ^a,b   Uyeki, Timothy M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral treatment; Influenza; Influenza testing; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

BALOXAVIR MARBOXIL; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; VIROLOGY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS;

EID: 85068183307     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2491-9     Document Type: Review

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