Browse Items (16 total)

• Worst case: rethinking tertiary triage protocols in pandemics and other health emergencies

  Tags Critical Care, Ethics, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Fink, Sheri L.
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010
  Description: Demand for critical care resources could vastly outstrip supply in an influenza pandemic or other health emergency, which has led expert groups to propose altered standards for triage and resource allocation.
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  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....
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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.
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  Severe Febrile Respiratory Illnesses As a Cause of Mass Critical Care

  Tags Critical Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Sandrock, Christian E.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2008-01
  Description: Febrile respiratory illnesses with respiratory failure are one of the most common reasons for admission to the intensive care unit.
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  Preparing for Serious Communicable Diseases in the United States: What the Ebola Virus Epidemic Has Taught Us

  Tags Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Critical Care, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Varkey, J. B. and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-01
  Description: Ending the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak required an unprecedented international response.

• 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.

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• Ebola virus disease and critical illness

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Leligdowicz, A., W. A. Fischer, 2nd, T. M. Uyeki, T. E. Fletcher, N. K. Adhikari, G. Portella, F. Lamontagne, C. Clement, S. T. Jacob, L. Rubinson, A. Vanderschuren, J. Hajek, S. Murthy, M. Ferri, I. Crozier, E. Ibrahima, M. C. Lamah, J. S.…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-07-29
  Description: As of 20 May 2016 there have been 28,646 cases and 11,323 deaths resulting from the West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak reported to the World Health Organization.

• Does triage to critical care during a pandemic necessarily result in more survivors?

  Tags Critical Care, Ethics, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Utley, Martin, Christina Pagel, Mark J. Peters, Andy Petros, and Paula Lister.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2011-01
  Description: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic reinforced the need for a planned response to increased demand for critical care.
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  Critical Care for the Patient with Ebola Virus Disease (EBV): The Nebraska Perspective

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Vasa, A., M. Schwedhelm and D. Johnson
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-11-26
  Description: Care for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other highly infectious diseases is demanding and requires an unwavering commitment to teamwork and stringent infection control measures.

• 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).