Preparedness, evaluation, and care of pediatric patients under investigation for ebola virus disease: Experience from a pediatric designated care facility

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-75

  DeBiasi, Roberta L ^a,d   Song, Xiaoyan ^b,d   Cato, Krista ^c   Floyd, Tara ^c   Talley, Linda ^c   Gorman, Kathy ^c   Parra, Martha ^c   Shankar, Venkat ^c,d   Campos, Joseph ^c,d   Chamberlain, James ^c,d   Cora Bramble, Denice ^c,d   Sable, Craig ^d   Newman, Kurt ^c,d   Wessel, Davidon ^c,d   Beckwith, Robert ^d   Berg, Elizabeth ^d   Daffin, Lanita ^d   Fisher, Lauren ^d   Forbes, Jacquelyn ^d   Monteon, Monica ^d   Pettinichi, Scott ^d   Fuska, Mary ^d   Solovieva, Ekaterina ^d   Sharon, Matthew ^d   Smith, Karen ^d   Talley, Jo ^d   Vaul, Anthony ^d   more..

^a Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Division of Epidemiology and Infection Control   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006226827     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piv069     Document Type: Review

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