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ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome
BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a contagious viral illness first recognized in late 2002. It has now been documented in 26 countries worldwide, with significant outbreaks in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto. Research into identifying the etiological agent, evaluating...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7079903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12739014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1821-0 |
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author | Lapinsky, Stephen E. Hawryluck, Laura |
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description | BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a contagious viral illness first recognized in late 2002. It has now been documented in 26 countries worldwide, with significant outbreaks in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto. Research into identifying the etiological agent, evaluating modes of disease transmission, and treatment options is currently ongoing. DISCUSSION: The disease can produce a severe bilateral pneumonia, with progressive hypoxemia. Up to 20% of patients require mechanical ventilatory support, with a fatal outcome occurring in about 5% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: We review the current knowledge about this disease, with particular emphasis on ICU management and infection control precautions to prevent disease transmission. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: Supplementary material is available if you access this article at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1821-0. On that page (frame on the left side) a link takes you directly to the supplementary material. |
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spelling | pubmed-70799032020-03-23 ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome Lapinsky, Stephen E. Hawryluck, Laura Intensive Care Med Review BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a contagious viral illness first recognized in late 2002. It has now been documented in 26 countries worldwide, with significant outbreaks in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto. Research into identifying the etiological agent, evaluating modes of disease transmission, and treatment options is currently ongoing. DISCUSSION: The disease can produce a severe bilateral pneumonia, with progressive hypoxemia. Up to 20% of patients require mechanical ventilatory support, with a fatal outcome occurring in about 5% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: We review the current knowledge about this disease, with particular emphasis on ICU management and infection control precautions to prevent disease transmission. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: Supplementary material is available if you access this article at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1821-0. On that page (frame on the left side) a link takes you directly to the supplementary material. Springer-Verlag 2003-05-09 2003 /pmc/articles/PMC7079903/ /pubmed/12739014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1821-0 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2003 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Lapinsky, Stephen E. Hawryluck, Laura ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title | ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title_full | ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title_fullStr | ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title_short | ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
title_sort | icu management of severe acute respiratory syndrome |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7079903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12739014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1821-0 |
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