Care of the child with ebola virus disease

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-103

  Eriksson, Carl O ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^b   Christian, Michael D ^c   King, Mary A ^d   Braner, Dana A V ^a   Kanter, Robert K ^e,f   Kissoon, Niranjan ^g  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^g BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; child; critical care; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; infant; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 84923101840     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000358     Document Type: Article

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