Objective: To compare and analyze the clinical effects of external fixator and small splint fixator in the treatment of comminuted distal radius fracture in senile.
Methods: From 2005.6 to 2008.
Objective: To investigate the differences among various transmission generation of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) by comparing the corresponding clinical data.
Methods: The clinical data of 84 patients with SARS were retrospectively studied, 66 women and 18 men, mean age (29.2 +/- 10.
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by both an atypical pneumonia and efficient nosocomial transmission. However, it remains unknown whether the infectivity and the virulence of the pathogen will change throughout the successive transmission. This study was conducted to compare the clinical features and management regimens of patients with SARS among the multiple generations from nosocomial transmission initiated by a super-spreader.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate measures to prevent the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in healthcare workers in isolation units.
Methods: The architectural factors and the infection of healthcare workers in different wards in our hospital between 30 January 2003 and 30 March 2003 were analyzed.
Results: Four kinds of isolation wards were evaluated, including the ward where the thirty-first bed lied in on the twelfth floor, the laminar flow ward in the intensive care unit (ICU) where the tenth bed lied in on the fifteenth floor, the ward where the twenty-seventh bed lied in on the thirteenth floor of Building A, and thirty wards on the fourteenth to eighteenth floors of Building B.
Objective: To describe a hospital outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and summarize the clinical features and therapeutic approaches.
Methods: Clinical data in this cohort were collected prospectively as they were identified.
Results: The outbreak started with a SARS patient from the community on 30 January 2003, followed by a total of 96 people [76 women and 20 men; mean age (29.