The practical experience of managing the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-130

  Harrigan, Peter W J ^a   Webb, Steven A R ^b   Seppelt, Ian M ^c   O'Leary, Michael ^d   Totaro, Richard ^d   Patterson, David ^e   Davies, Andrew R ^f   Streat, Stephen ^g  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 77955066101     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: 26529335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-2772(23)01515-6     Document Type: Review

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