Emergency and disaster preparedness for chronically ill patients: A review of recommendations

Open Access Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-79

  Tomio, Jun ^a   Sato, Hajime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disaster; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER VICTIM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP QUALITY; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 84919340148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OAEM.S48532     Document Type: Review

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