title: SARS and its impact on current and future Emergency Department operations.
abstract: A long-standing concern for international spread of new, virulent pathogens became a reality with the advent of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This respiratory syndrome, caused by a coronavirus, spread rapidly across 30 nations since its first recognition in late 2002. SARS has presented the greatest recent threat to U.S. public health, and has come at a time when purposeful introduction of pathogens by terrorists is also of heightened concern. SARS has forced the international medical establishment to reexamine how best to manage such incidents.
authors.affiliation: Madigan Army Medical Center-University of Washington Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA.
authors.forename: Chad T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Marley
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Levsky
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011790:Quarantine; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control