ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2004
Severe acute respiratory syndrome from the trenches, at a Singapore university hospital.
Review in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Transmission modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and implications for infection control: a review.Singapore medical journal · 2022Review
- Fighting from the COVID-19 Frontline: A Junior Doctor's Perspective on Fear, Duty and Calling.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2020Article
- Introducing One Health to the Ethical Debate About Zoonotic Diseases in Southeast Asia.Bioethics · 2015Article
- Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers-a controlled clinical study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2015Article
- Comparison of hand contamination rates and environmental contamination levels between two different glove removal methods and distances.American journal of infection control · 2011Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of hospital infection control response to an epidemic respiratory virus threat.Emerging infectious diseases · 2009Article
- Transmission of communicable respiratory infections and facemasks.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2008Article
- The 2003 SARS outbreak and its impact on infection control practices.Public health · 2006Article
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): reshaping global public health.Public health · 2006Article
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Abstract
The epidemiology and virology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have been written about many times and several guidelines on the infection control and public health measures believed necessary to control the spread of the virus have been published. However, there have been few reports of the problems that infectious disease clinicians encounter when dealing with the protean manifestations of this pathogen. This is a qualitative account of some of the issues faced by an infectious disease physician when identifying and treating patients with SARS as well as protecting other healthcare workers and patients, including: identification of the chain of contagion, early recognition of the disease in the absence of a reliable and rapid diagnostic test, appropriate use of personal protective equipment, and the use of isolation to prevent super-spreading events. Many issues need to be addressed if clinicians are to be able to manage the virus should it reappear.
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