Critical care for multiple organ failure secondary to Ebola virus disease in the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2066-2075

  Sueblinvong, Viranuj ^a   Johnson, Daniel W ^b   Weinstein, Gary L ^c   Connor, Michael J ^a   Crozier, Ian ^d   Liddell, Allison M ^c   Franch, Harold A ^a   Wall, Bruce R ^c   Kalil, Andre C ^b   Feldman, Mark ^c   Lisco, Steven J ^b   Sevransky, Jonathan E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Continuous renal replacement therapy; Critical care; Ebola virus disease; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Renal failure; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ARTESUNATE; CEFTRIAXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EBOLAVIRUS; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FILOVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD; COMPLICATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941894175     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001197     Document Type: Article

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