Ethical and practical considerations in providing critical care to patients with Ebola virus disease

Infectious disease epidemics in the past have given rise to psychologic and emotional responses among health-care workers (HCWs), stemming from fear of infection during patient care. Early experiences in the AIDS epidemic provide an example where fear of contagion resulted in differential treatment of patients infected with HIV. However, with a deeper understanding of AIDS pathogenesis and treatment, fear and discrimination diminished. Parallels exist between early experiences with AIDS and the present outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, particularly regarding discussions of medical futility in seriously ill patients. We provide a historical perspective on HCWs' risk of infection during the provision of CPR, discuss physicians' duty to treat in the face of perceived or actual HCW risk, and, finally, present the protocols implemented at the National Institutes of Health to reduce HCW risk while providing lifesaving and life-sustaining care..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

Chest - 147(2015), 6, Seite 1460

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Torabi-Parizi, Parizad [VerfasserIn]
Davey, Jr, Richard T [Sonstige Person]
Suffredini, Anthony F [Sonstige Person]
Chertow, Daniel S [Sonstige Person]

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

Clinical Protocols - standards
Critical Care - ethics
Critical Care - psychology
HIV Infections - therapy
HIV Infections - transmission
Health Personnel - education
Health Personnel - psychology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - therapy
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - transmission
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control

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RVK Klassifikation

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1956770267