US hospital preparedness for obstetrics patients with possible Ebola
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US hospital preparedness for obstetrics patients with possible Ebola.
ince early March 2014, >20,000 probable and suspect addresses considerations for pregnant women with epidemiS cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, with more than 8000 deaths reported as of Jan. 4, 2015. Although pregnancy data are limited, reports of pregnant women with EVD in this and previous outbreaks describe very high maternal, fetal, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9378
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.018