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Damkjær, Mads.

J Pediatr ; 185: 252-253, 2017 06.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28302325

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Ebolavirus , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola , Child , Humans

Clinical Features and Outcome of Ebola Virus Disease in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Case Series.

Damkjær, Mads; Rudolf, Frauke; Mishra, Sharmistha; Young, Alyssa; Storgaard, Merete.

J Pediatr ; 182: 378-381.e1, 2017 03.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27939106

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Clinical and outcome data on pediatric Ebola virus disease are limited. We report a case-series of 33 pediatric patients with Ebola virus disease in a single Ebola Treatment Center in 2014-2015. The case-fatality rate was 42%, with the majority of deaths occurring within 10 days of admission.

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Disease Outbreaks , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/therapy , Hospital Mortality/trends , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Antiviral Agents/administration & dosage , Child , Child, Preschool , Cohort Studies , Combined Modality Therapy , Critical Care/methods , Critical Illness , Developing Countries , Female , Fluid Therapy/methods , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/diagnosis , Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Infant , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Male , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Risk Assessment , Sierra Leone/epidemiology , Statistics, Nonparametric , Survival Rate , Treatment Outcome

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