Balancing infection control practices and family-centred care in a cohort of paediatric suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome patients in Hong Kong

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-27

  Chan, Sophia S C ^a,c   Leung, Daisy Y K ^b   Wong, Emmy M Y ^a   Tiwari, Agnes F Y ^a   Wong, David C N ^a   Lo, S L ^b   Lau, Y L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family centred paediatric nursing; Nursing care; SARS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33645299556     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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