Going viral: Adapting to pediatric surge during the H1N1 pandemic

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1159-1165

  Chung, Sarita ^a   Fagbuyi, Daniel ^b   Lozon, Marie M ^c   Johnson, Tiffani ^d   Nager, Alan L ^e   Cicero, Mark X ^f   Dahl Grove, Deanna ^g   Costello, Brian E ^h   Krug, Steven E ⁱ  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antiviral agents supply and distribution; children; disaster planning organization and administration; disease outbreaks; emergency service; H1N1 subtype; hospital organization and administration statistics and numerical data; humans; influenza A virus; personnel staffing and scheduling organization and administration; systems integration; triage organization and administration

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURGE CAPACITY;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY MOVING; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MASKS; PANDEMICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888136830     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a9e613     Document Type: Article

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