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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Uyeki, Timothy M
• Mehta, Aneesh K
• Davey, Richard T
• Liddell, Allison M
• Wolf, Timo
• Vetter, Pauline
• Schmiedel, Stefan
• Grünewald, Thomas
• Jacobs, Michael
• Arribas, Jose R
• Evans, Laura
• Hewlett, Angela L
• Brantsaeter, Arne B
• Ippolito, Giuseppe
• Rapp, Christophe
• Hoepelman, Andy I.M
• Gutman, Julie

Titel

Clinical Management of Ebola Virus Disease in the United States and Europe

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2016-02, Vol.374 (7), p.636-646

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Since the beginning of the current Ebola epidemic, several patients with Ebola virus disease have been cared for in the United States and Europe. In this report, the clinical course and care of these 27 patients are described. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa had resulted in more than 28,600 reported cases and more than 11,300 deaths through December 2015; mortality reported for patients with EVD cared for in Ebola treatment units in West Africa has ranged from 37 to 74%. 1 – 5 The provision of clinical care to patients with EVD in Ebola treatment units in West Africa has involved the need to balance many challenges, such as overwhelming numbers of severely ill patients, limited medical and nonmedical supplies, insufficient numbers of caregivers and resources, and hot and humid working conditions that limit the time . . .