title: Severe acute respiratory syndrome: 11 years later--a radiology perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was a highly virulent atypical pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus that resulted in a pandemic in 2003. Singapore was one of the most severely affected countries, and SARS took a heavy toll on our health care system. The lessons learned during the pandemic have shaped our national contagion response plan and have proved valuable in subsequent epidemics. We describe the lessons learned for the radiology department.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our experience with SARS has shaped and changed our daily practice of radiology.
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Rd, 169608, Singapore.
authors.forename: Apoorva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gogna
authors.forename: Kiang Hiong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Bien Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States
keywords: epidemics; infection control; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)