Severe acute respiratory syndrome in haemodialysis patients: a report of two cases
| Autor: | Alex W.Y. Yu, Hilda Wai-Han Chan, Au Cheuk, Hon Lok Tang, Ka Shun Fung, Wai-Kay Tsang, William E. Lee, Sze Ho Wong, Yuk Lun Cheng, Kwok Lung Tong, Kwok Hong Chu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics ribavirin medicine.medical_treatment Case Report Disease severe acute respiratory syndrome medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index end-stage renal failure chemistry.chemical_compound Fatal Outcome Renal Dialysis medicine Humans Respiratory system skin and connective tissue diseases Intensive care medicine pulse methylprednisolone Coronavirus Aged SARS Aged 80 and over Transplantation business.industry Ribavirin fungi Respiratory disease Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents body regions haemodialysis Treatment Outcome Respiratory failure chemistry Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus Nephrology III. Clinical Reports Kidney Failure Chronic Drug Therapy Combination Hemodialysis business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation |
| ISSN: | 1460-2385 0931-0509 |
| Popis: | In March 2003, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in Hong Kong. As of July 10, 2003, the World Health Organization has reported 1755 cases of SARS in Hong Kong and 8437 cases worldwide [1]. Outbreaks and case clusters have been reported in the literature in recentmonths [2–5]. The first known case of SARS in Hong Kong was a physician working in a hospital in Guangdong Province who travelled to Hong Kong on February 21, 2003 [3]. A novel coronavirus has been identified as a possible cause of SARS [6,7]. SARS can occur in both healthy individuals and those with chronic illness including endstage renal failure. Clinical information of SARS on renal dialysis patients is lacking. We describe here two end-stage renal failure patients, both receiving chronic haemodialysis, who acquired the disease after contact with SARS patients and had different outcomes. |
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