Ebola virus disease managed with blood product replacement and point of care tests in Sierra Leone.
نویسندگان
چکیده
T. NICHOLSON-ROBERTS, T. FLETCHER, P. REES, S. DICKSON, D. HINSLEY, M. BAILEY, L. LAMB and C. ARDLEY From the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK and Academic Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Academia and Research), Medical Directorate, Joint Medical Command, ICT Centre, Birmingham Research Park, B15 2SQ Birmingham, UK
منابع مشابه
COVID-19 Outbreak in Africa: Lessons and Insights from the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemics
Over the years, the African continent has had to battle several outbreaks of infectious diseases in different countries. Some of the most deadly were the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks that occurred in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and, more recently, from 2018 to 2020 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the era of the COVID-19 pand...
متن کاملRapid Assessment of Ebola Infection Prevention and Control Needs — Six Districts, Sierra Leone, October 2014
As of October 31, 2014, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation had reported 3,854 laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) since the outbreak began in May 2014; 199 (5.2%) of these cases were among health care workers. Ebola infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are essential to interrupt Ebola virus transmission and protect the health workforce, a populat...
متن کاملNotes from The Field: Ebola Virus Disease Cluster - Northern Sierra Leone, January 2016.
On January 14, 2016, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation was notified that a buccal swab collected on January 12 from a deceased female aged 22 years (patient A) in Tonkolili District had tested positive for Ebola virus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The most recent case of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in Sierra Leone had been reported 4 months earlie...
متن کاملDiagnosis of Febrile Illnesses Other Than Ebola Virus Disease at an Ebola Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone.
Patients with febrile illnesses presenting to an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone had a wide range of diagnoses other than Ebola virus disease. Rapid diagnostic tests were useful in confirming these diagnoses, reducing the length of patient stay with valuable consequences. These alternative diagnoses should assist in future planning.
متن کاملSurgeon from Sierra Leone treated for Ebola in Nebraska dies.
A surgeon who caught Ebola virus disease while working in Sierra Leone died early in the morning of 17 November while undergoing treatment in the biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Martin Salia, a Sierra Leone national and a permanent US resident, practiced as a surgeon at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He was flown to Omaha from Sierr...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
دوره 108 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015