Identify-isolate-inform: A modified tool for initial detection and management of middle east respiratory syndrome patients in the emergency department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 619-624

  Koenig, Kristi L ^a,b  

^a University of California Irvine School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDENTIFY ISOLATE INFORM TOOL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84945568213     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.7.27915     Document Type: Article

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