Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong: Patients' experiences

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 212-219

  Tiwari, Agnes ^a,c   Chan, Sophia ^a   Wong, Alan ^b   Tai, Joseph ^b   Cheng, Karen ^b   Chan, Judy ^b   Tsang, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALAISE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NURSING; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RIGOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142248946     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(03)00176-3     Document Type: Review

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