US hospital preparedness for obstetrics patients with possible Ebola

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 417-419

  Meaney Delman, Dana ^a   Koonin, Lisa M ^b   Jamieson, Denise J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALTRUISM; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 84930319094     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.018     Document Type: Editorial

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