Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: Implications for Transport Management and Care

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Guilfoyle, Jonathan F ^a   Macnab, Andrew J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CLOXACILLIN; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HETASTARCH; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FACE MASK; FEVER; HANTAVIRUS CARDIOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR AMBULANCES; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 55049093430     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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