TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of an anaesthetist in a field hospital during the cholera epidemic among Rwandan refugees in Goma
AU - Ginosar, Y.
AU - Shapira, S. C.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - In 1849 John Snow, already the leading anaesthetic practitioner and innovator of his day, made a historic contribution to the epidemiology of infectious disease by his famous study of the distribution of cholera around the area of Broad Street in London. We report on our experience as anaesthetists in a field hospital, dispatched as part of the international rescue effort to Goma, Zaire, to help combat the effects of cholera among the Rwandan refugees.
AB - In 1849 John Snow, already the leading anaesthetic practitioner and innovator of his day, made a historic contribution to the epidemiology of infectious disease by his famous study of the distribution of cholera around the area of Broad Street in London. We report on our experience as anaesthetists in a field hospital, dispatched as part of the international rescue effort to Goma, Zaire, to help combat the effects of cholera among the Rwandan refugees.
KW - Anaesthetist, activity
KW - Anaesthetist, role
KW - Infection, bacterial
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028892238&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/bja/75.6.810
DO - 10.1093/bja/75.6.810
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C2 - 8672340
AN - SCOPUS:0028892238
SN - 0007-0912
VL - 75
SP - 810
EP - 816
JO - British Journal of Anaesthesia
JF - British Journal of Anaesthesia
IS - 6
ER -