id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-259907-yqmi0cqy Maxwell, Cynthia Management guidelines for obstetric patients and neonates born to mothers with suspected or probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) No. 225, April 2009 2009-10-31 .txt text/plain 3419 211 49 title: Management guidelines for obstetric patients and neonates born to mothers with suspected or probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) No. 225, April 2009 Labour triage and antenatal hospital admission Actions • Assessment is made as to whether the patient has suspected or probable SARS [1, 14] • Upon arrival in the labour and delivery triage unit, pregnant patients presenting with fever N38°C and respiratory symptoms and one of the associated symptoms (cough, unexplained hypoxia, shortness of breath, or dyspnea) and history of an exposure to an individual with probable SARS are immediately transferred to the designated isolation room, which is equipped with negative pressure ventilation. • Parents and family are counselled to look for symptoms and signs of SARS in the mother and newborn, especially in the first 10 days following delivery, and to report to any findings to the health care team Summary SARS, a life-threatening respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, was responsible for a worldwide outbreak in 2003. ./cache/cord-259907-yqmi0cqy.txt ./txt/cord-259907-yqmi0cqy.txt