Caring for critically ill patients with Ebola virus disease: Perspectives from West Africa

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 733-737

  Fowler, Robert A ^a   Fletcher, Thomas ^b   Fischer, William A ^c   Lamontagne, Francois ^d   Jacob, Shevin ^e   Brett Major, David ^f   Lawler, James V ^g   Jacquerioz, Frederique A ^h   Houlihan, Catherine ^j   O'Dempsey, Tim ^b   Ferri, Mauricio ^k   Adachi, Takuya ^l   Lamah, Marie Claire ^m   Bah, Elhadj Ibrahima ^m   Mayet, Thierry ⁿ   Schieffelin, John ^h   McLellan, Susan L ^h   Senga, Mikiko ^f   Kato, Yasuyuki ^o,p   Clement, Christophe ^q   Mardel, Simon ^r   De Villar, Rosa Constanza Vallenas Bejar ^f   Shindo, Nahoko ^f   Bausch, Daniel ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^l Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

^m Donka Conakry University Hospital   (Guinea)

ⁿ Dax Côte d'Argent Hospital   (France)

^o NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^p NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine   (France)

^r MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Africa; Critical care; Ebola; Outbreak; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL CLASS; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84914136258     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1514CP     Document Type: Article

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