Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3229160 | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 2015 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The Ebola Prediction Score can be used by clinicians as an adjunct to current Ebola virus disease case definitions to risk-stratify patients with suspected Ebola virus disease. Clinicians can use this new tool for the purpose of cohorting patients within the suspected-disease ward of an Ebola treatment unit or community-based isolation center to prevent nosocomial infection or as a triage tool when patient numbers overwhelm available capacity. Given the inherent limitations of clinical prediction models, however, a low-cost, point-of-care test that can rapidly and definitively exclude Ebola virus disease in patients should be a research priority.
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Authors
Adam C. MD, MPH, Pranav Prathap MD, MPH, Ryan MPH, Sambhavi MSIS, MPA, Justin BA, Tess MD, J. Kota T. BSN, MPH,