Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) have been
well described in surgical patients. Large-volume resuscitation is thought to be a risk factor …

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) are potential high-risk areas for transmission of viruses
causing febrile respiratory illness, such as influenza. Healthcare-associated influenza is …

Objective.Intensive care units (ICUs) are potential high-risk areas for the transmission of
respiratory viruses such as influenza. An influenza pandemic is expected to result in a dramatic …

Mechanical ventilation in a situation of mass casualty respiratory failure will require a
substantial increase in the capacity for mechanical ventilation, to prevent unnecessary mortality. …

Mass casualty respiratory failure remains a largely unstudied field, but we believe informed
decisions about equipment stockpiling and use, the development of creative operational …

Maintenance of a safe and stable health care infrastructure is critical to an effective mass
casualty disaster response. Both secondary contamination during chemical disasters and …

… Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Elizabeth L. Daugherty
Biddison, MD, MPH, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School …

Objective: In recent years, healthcare disaster planning has grown from its early place as an
occasional consideration within the manuals of emergency medical services and …

The first hints of a global public health crisis emerged with the identification of a new strain
of H1N1 influenza A in March and April 2009 in Mexico City. By June 11, the World Health …

Background: Stark gaps exist between projected health needs in a pandemic situation and
the current capacity of health care and medical countermeasure systems. Existing pandemic …