Performance of bedside diagnostic ultrasound in an ebola isolation unit: The emory university hospital experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1157-1159

  Moreno, Courtney C ^a   Kraft, Colleen S ^b   Vanairsdale, Sharon ^b   Kandiah, Prem ^b   Klopman, Matthew A ^b   Ribner, Bruce S ^b   Tridandapani, Srini ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Infectious diseases; Isolation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE COURSE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ISOLATION UNIT; NONHUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; OPERATING ROOM; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WARD; DEVICES; GEORGIA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ISOLATOR; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GEORGIA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS, ISOLATION; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT ISOLATORS; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84937688014     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.14344     Document Type: Review

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