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Clinical management of Ebola virus disease in the United States and Europe

Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics

Creator: Uyeki, T. M., A. K. Mehta, R. T. Davey Jr, A. M. Liddell, T. Wolf, P. Vetter, S. Schmiedel, T. Grünewald, M. Jacobs and J. R. Arribas
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-02-18
Description: Available data on the characteristics of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) and clini- cal management of EVD in settings outside West Africa, as well as the complications observed in those patients, are limited.

Treatment of Ebola

Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics

Creator: Mehta, A. K., G. M. Lyon and J. B. Varkey
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-04-23
Description: To the Editor: We were struck by the similarity of transient vascular leak in Ebola virus disease (EVD), as reported by Lyon et al. (Dec. 18 issue),1 with that which occurs in dengue....

Clinical Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in High-Resource Settings

Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics

Creator: Marshall Lyon, G., A. K. Mehta and B. S. Ribner
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-06-11
Description: Like most viral illnesses in humans, supportive care of the patient is the mainstay of clinical care for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD).

Clinical care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States

Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics

Creator: Lyon, G. M., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, K. Brantly, L. Plyler, A. K. McElroy, C. S. Kraft, J. S. Towner, C. Spiropoulou, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and U. Emory Serious Communicable Diseases
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-18
Description: West Africa is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history.

Clinical challenges in isolation care.

Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C

Creator: Beam, E., S. G. Gibbs, A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, S. L. Nuss and P. W. Smith
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-04-01
Description: In 2014, the authors published the results of a study investigating nurses' use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the care of a live simulated patient requiring contact and airborne precautions.

After the Ebola Outbreak: Lessons Learned

Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, R-PPE, Survivors, Therapeutics, Training, Translational Research

Creator: Loftus, Mary (editor), Emory Medicine
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-02-20
Description: In the wake of caring for four patients with active Ebola virus in 2014, Emory clinicians have taken stock of lessons learned in infectious disease prevention, therapeutic care, and health aftereffects and are sharing that information broadly with…

Characteristics and Clinical Management of a Cluster of 3 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease, Including the First Domestically Acquired Cases in the United States

Tags Critical Care, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Immunology, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics

Creator: Liddell, A. M., R. T. Davey, Jr., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, C. S. Kraft, G. K. Tseggay, O. Badidi, A. C. Faust, K. V. Brown, A. F. Suffredini, K. Barrett, M. J. Wolcott, V. C. Marconi, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, G. L. Weinstein, K. Weinmeister, S. Sutton, M.…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-07-21
Description: More than 26,000 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in western Africa, with high mortality. Several patients have been medically evacuated to hospitals in the United States and Europe.

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The Use of TKM-100802 and Convalescent Plasma in 2 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease in the United States

Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics

Creator: Kraft, C. S., A. L. Hewlett, S. Koepsell, A. M. Winkler, C. J. Kratochvil, L. Larson, J. B. Varkey, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, R. J. Friedman-Moraco, V. C. Marconi, C. E. Hill, J. N. Sullivan, D. W. Johnson, S. J. Lisco, M. J. Mulligan, T. M.…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-08-15
Description: The current West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has resulted in multiple individuals being medically evacuated to other countries for clinical management.

Lessons learned: critical care management of patients with Ebola in the United States

Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Phlebotomy, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics

Creator: Johnson, D. W., J. N. Sullivan, C. A. Piquette, A. L. Hewlett, K. L. Bailey, P. W. Smith, A. C. Kalil and S. J. Lisco
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
Description: This report will describe the preparations for and the provision of care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.