Being ready to treat ebola virus disease patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-237

  Brett Major, David M ^a,b   Jacob, Shevin T ^c   Jacquerioz, Frederique A ^d   Risi, George F ^e   Fischer, William A ^f   Kato, Yasuyuki ^g   Houlihan, Catherine F ^h   Crozier, Ian ⁱ   Bosa, Henry Kyobe ^j   Lawler, James V ^a,k   Adachi, Takuya ^l   Hurley, Sara K ^m   Berry, Louise E ⁿ   Carlson, John C ^d   Button, Thomas C ^o   McLellan, Susan L ^d   Shea, Barbara J ^p   Kuniyoshi, Gary G ^q   Ferri, Mauricio ^r   Murthy, Srinivas G ^s   Petrosillo, Nicola ^t   Lamontagne, Francois ^u   Porembka, David T ^v,w   Schieffelin, John S ^d   Rubinson, Lewis ^x   O'dempsey, Tim ^y   Donovan, Suzanne M ^z   Bausch, Daniel G ^d,aa   Fowler, Robert A ^ab   Fletcher, Thomas E ^y   more..

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University Division of Tropical Public Health Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e PC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

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

ⁱ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^j Uganda Peoples Defence Forces   (Uganda)

^k Austere Environment Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO)   (United States)

^l Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

^m St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center   (United States)

ⁿ NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p Surrey Place Centre Toronto   (Canada)

^q QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^u CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^w Avera Health   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^y LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^z OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aa Peru   (Peru)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE MASK; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPECTACLES; VOMITING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 84922323810     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0746     Document Type: Review

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