Case report: a brain abscess in a disaster zone- beyond the call of duty

We present a case of a child with a suspected brain abscess treated by a military field hospital in post-typhoon Philippines. We review our intervention and decision process both at the field hospital and following his transfer to a referral center. These interventions were critical for his successf...

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Autores principales: Weiser, Giora, Mendlovic, Joseph, Dagan, David, Albukrek, Dov, Shpriz, Manor, Merin, Ofer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40696-015-0003-2
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spelling pubmed-53299202017-03-06 Case report: a brain abscess in a disaster zone- beyond the call of duty Weiser, Giora Mendlovic, Joseph Dagan, David Albukrek, Dov Shpriz, Manor Merin, Ofer Disaster Mil Med Case Report We present a case of a child with a suspected brain abscess treated by a military field hospital in post-typhoon Philippines. We review our intervention and decision process both at the field hospital and following his transfer to a referral center. These interventions were critical for his successful outcome. BioMed Central 2015-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5329920/ /pubmed/28265428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40696-015-0003-2 Text en © Weiser et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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