This is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the clinical management of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It covers the various aspects, from diagnosis, clinical presentation and therapeutic modalities to rehabilitation. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, with inputs from clinicians, radiologists, intensivists, nurses, physiotherapists, and experts in traditional Chinese medicine. The information presented is based on existing knowledge and evidence about the disease, taking the view that things are still evolving. This book is an indispensable guide for frontline healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, as well as medical students and medical researchers.
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SARS is the first severe and readily transmissible disease that emerged in the 21st century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epidemiologic criteria for exposure, herbal consumption, convalescent plasma therapy, moderate respiratory illness, novel coronavirus, human metapneumovirus, presentation chest radiograph, pneumonic changes, severe acute respiratory syndrome, other coronaviruses, frontal chest radiograph, pulsed methylprednisolone, infection control measures, infection control precautions, mental health impact, human coronavirus, nasopharyngeal aspirates, global outbreak, methylprednisolone therapy, severe respiratory illness, healthcare workers, radiographic progression, community outbreak, hospital outbreak, nosocomial transmission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, Infect Dis, Wan Bing, Hospital Authority, Amoy Gardens, Department of Health, Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, Respir Crit Care Med, United States, Carlo Urbani, Clin Chem, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Radiology Department, Chinese Medicine Hospitals, Gnacao Radix Glycyrrhizae, Huangqi Radix Astragalus, Mayo Clin Proc, Pearl Delta, West Nile New!
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SARS is the first severe and readily transmissible disease that emerged in the 21st century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epidemiologic criteria for exposure, herbal consumption, convalescent plasma therapy, moderate respiratory illness, novel coronavirus, human metapneumovirus, presentation chest radiograph, pneumonic changes, severe acute respiratory syndrome, other coronaviruses, frontal chest radiograph, pulsed methylprednisolone, infection control measures, infection control precautions, mental health impact, human coronavirus, nasopharyngeal aspirates, global outbreak, methylprednisolone therapy, severe respiratory illness, healthcare workers, radiographic progression, community outbreak, hospital outbreak, nosocomial transmission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, Infect Dis, Wan Bing, Hospital Authority, Amoy Gardens, Department of Health, Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, Respir Crit Care Med, United States, Carlo Urbani, Clin Chem, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Radiology Department, Chinese Medicine Hospitals, Gnacao Radix Glycyrrhizae, Huangqi Radix Astragalus, Mayo Clin Proc, Pearl Delta, West Nile New!
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- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: A Clinical Guide by Malik Peiris on page 40
- The Social Psychology of Stigma by Todd F. Heatherton PhD on page 224
- Infectious Diseases: Emergency Department Diagnosis & Management (Red and White Emergency Medicine Series) by Ellen Slaven in Front Matter
- Chinese Medicine by Pierre Huard on page 202
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