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Retrospective analysis of critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome admitted to an intensive care unit

Author: T Buckley

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new infectious disease that presented in Southern China in late 2002. On 26 March 2003, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) was designated as the receiving hospital for all SARS cases in Hong Kong. Shortly after, there was a massive upsurge in the number of cases as a result of the rapid spread of SARS through a residential block. Over 600 cases of suspected SARS were admitted to PMH in the first week of April, 409 of whom were confirmed with SARS. Within 2 weeks the hospital was unable to cope. Great difficulty was encountered in mobilizing sufficient trained ICU staff in addition to the extra ICU beds required. …

Title: Retrospective analysis of critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome admitted to an intensive care unit
Author: T Buckley
Publication date: 01-02-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2506

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