Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): chest radiographic features in children
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
S evere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originated in the Guangdong province in southern China and spread by way of Hong Kong to the rest of the world in the spring of 2003. According to the most widely accepted theory at the time of this writing (July 2003), the likely culprit is a novel coronavirus that ‘‘jumped’’ from animals to humans. Thousands around the world have been infected and hun...
متن کامل[Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)].
Several cases of life threatening respiratory disease with no identifiable cause were reported from Guangdong Province, China; these were soon followed by reports from many other countries. The disease was named as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A novel coronavirus, isolated from the respiratory secretions of patients, has been implicated in the causation of SARS. The modes of transm...
متن کامل[Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)].
March 12, 2003, the WHO issued a Global Alert on the atypical pneumonia of unknown cause that broke out in Asia, naming the disease SARS. Supported by the cooperation of specialists from various countries, the WHO announced on April 15 that the pathogen was a new-type of coronavirus and proposed calling it SARS Coronavirus. Following international efforts, the WHO declared on July 5 that there ...
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged infectious disease with a significant morbidity and mortality. The major clinical features include persistent fever, chills/rigor, myalgia, malaise, dry cough, headache, and dyspnoea. Older subjects may present without the typical febrile response. Common laboratory features include lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, raised alanine transam...
متن کاملSevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in neonates and children.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) runs a more benign course in children during the acute phase. Infants born to mothers with the disease did not acquire the infection through vertical transmission. The treatment strategy for children with SARS has not been standardised and is based on adult experience. Thus far, no deaths have been reported in the paediatric age group. Exercise impairmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Radiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0301-0449,1432-1998
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1081-8