Clinical review: Considerations for the triage of maternity care during an influenza pandemic - one institution's approach

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Beigi, Richard H ^a   Hodges, Jeff ^a   Baldisseri, Marie ^a   English, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PANDEMICS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 79952113788     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8928     Document Type: Review

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