Nursing care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome in the intensive care unit: Case reports in Hong Kong

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-272

  Lopez, Violeta ^a   Chan, Keung Sum ^b   Wong, Yuen Ching ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Hong Kong; Infection control; Intensive care; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; DISEASE CONTROL; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1242351279     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00137-8     Document Type: Article

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