The challenges of treating Ebola virus disease with experimental therapies

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 503-504

  Aoyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Fowler, Robert A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; FAVIPIRAVIR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLASMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLASMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84943193218     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00237-4     Document Type: Note

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