SARS as the movie (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
thomasleavitt.org
Description: An attempt to document the history and spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome... and its impact on society as it happens.Page devoted to document the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, and world reaction to it
Specializes in: sars severe acute respiratory syndrome severe acute coronavirus hong kong... disease monkeys

Primary Immunodeficiency Association (Health/Reproductive_Health/AIDS)
pia.org.uk
Description: British information and support group for primary immunodeficiencies and other disorders... of the immune system.Common Variable Immunodeficiency CVID, Hypogammaglobulinaemia, Agammaglobulinaemia, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency SCID and Xlinked SCID, Neutropenia, Hereditary Angioedema HAE, Xlinked agammaglobulinaemia Brutons Disease XLA, WiskottAldrich Syndrome, IgG subclasses, IgA deficiency, Hyper IgM, Selective IgA deficiency, Selective IgG subclass deficiences, Xlinked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Duncans Syndrome, C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency, Hyper IgE Syndrome Jobs Syndrome
Specializes in: common variable immunodeficiency cvid hypogammaglobulinaemia agammaglobulinaemia severe combined... scid xlinked

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome eMedicine (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
emedicine.com
Description: Information on the background, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder.Respiratory... Distress Syndrome, Adult Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a diffuse pulmonary parenchymal injury associated with noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and resulting in severe respiratory distress and hypoxemic respiratory failure. The pathologic hallmark is diffuse alveolar damage (DAD), but lung tissue rarely is available for a pathologic diagnosis. Therefore, diagnosis is made on clinical grounds, according to the following criteria set forth by the AmericanEuropean Consensus Conference: Acute onset Bilateral infiltrates Pulmonary artery wedge pressure less than 19
Specializes in: respiratory distress syndrome adult respiratory distress syndrome ards severe acute... sars

ARDS Foundation (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
ardsusa.com
Description: Charitable organization offering support to familiesvictims of Acute (Adult) Respiratory... Distress Syndrome.ARDS Foundation, charitable organization offers support to familiesvictims of Acute (Adult) Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Check out resources, events, crisis assistance, survivor registry
Specializes in: ards ards foundation acute respiratory distress syndrome adult severe... eileen zacharias paula blonski

United States Centers for Disease Control (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
cdc.gov
Description: Complete and official information for the public and health care providers, including... information for patients and their close contacts.Information on the international outbreak of the illness known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Specializes in: sars severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak mystery illness... atypical pneumonia

Radiological Appearances of Recent Cases of Atypical Pneumonia in Hong Kong (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
droid.cuhk.edu.hk
Description: Radiological and CT features of SARS, with many sample images. From the Department... of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging CUHK
Specializes in: severe acute respiratory syndrome sars atypical pneumonia radiological cuhk... diagnostic radiology

SARS Message Board (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
sarsmessageboard.com
Description: Areas covered includes news, treatment, research and travel.Information resource... for SARS
Specializes in: sars severe acure respiratory syndrome...

eMedicine Health Viral Pneumonia (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
emedicinehealth.com
Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and... treatment of this disorder.Pneumonia is an infection or inflammation of the lungs. It can be in just one part of the lungs, or it can involve many parts. Pneumonia is caused by bacteria
Specializes in: viral pneumonia lung infection lung inflammation influenza virus respiratory syncytial virus herpes virus varicella virus severe... acute respiratory

Discovery Health Headache Center (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
health.discovery.com
Description: Offers tips for becoming headachefree, treatments for migraines, tension and cluster... headaches, a quiz, and a timeline of headache treatments through the ages.Got sinusitis? Find out. Kids get migraines, too. Stress, fatigue and depression can lead to debilitating tension headaches. Check out Discovery Healths complete headache guide
Specializes in: sinusitis migraines tension headaches discovery health headache center type of headache severe...

MEDLINEplus : Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
nlm.nih.gov
Description: News, links and information from The United States National Library of Medicine...
Specializes in: severe acute respiratory syndrome sars...

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome eMedicine (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
emedicine.com
Description: Clinical information on this disorder.Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Acute respiratory... distress syndrome (ARDS) was first described in 1967 by Ashbaugh, who described a syndrome of severe respiratory failure associated with pulmonary infiltrates, similar to infant hyaline membrane disease.The 1994 AmericanEuropean Consensus Committee defines ARDS as the acute onset of bilateral infiltrates on chest radiography, a partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO 2 ) to fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO 2 ) ratio of less than 200 mm Hg and a pulmonary artery
Specializes in: acute respiratory distress syndrome ards adult severe respiratory failure pulmonary infiltrates... severe sars

Toronto Public Health: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
toronto.ca
Description: General information about the disease for the public, child care and school workers..., and health care professionals. Discussion of the quarantine measures to be taken during the public health emergency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tamil, and French.provides updates on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto, alerts people to quarantine issues, and links to fact sheets in eight languages
Specializes in: sars severe acute respiratory syndrome atypical pneumonia pneumonia quarantine... selfisolation fever

The Facts About SARS (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
abc.net.au
Description: A comprehensive guide to SARS, with articles by a team of science journalists at... the Australian Broadcasting Corp. It details what is known about the outbreak, the virus, the ensuing panic and known symptoms and treatments.SARS, which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is the name of a potentially fatal new respiratory disease only recently recognised by scientists. It is not the name of the microorganism that causes the disease this is suspected to be a virus, although exactly which one is still uncertain. This feature discusses SARS, the bug, its outbreak, the panic and the symptoms and treatment
Specializes in: the lab abc science abc science online abc science website science australian science science features science stories... sars severe