Plagues in the ICU: A Brief History of Community-Acquired Epidemic and Endemic Transmissible Infections Leading to Intensive Care Admission

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Light, R Bruce ^a  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemic infectious diseases; History of intensive care medicine; Infectious diseases in the ICU

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MACROLIDE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PENTAMIDINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLIOMYELITIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349162508     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2008.11.002     Document Type: Review

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