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cord-295514-vhymj0rw	Lim, Peter A	Impact of a viral respiratory epidemic on the practice of medicine and rehabilitation: Severe acute respiratory syndrome	2004-08-01		.txt	text/plain	5277	244	43	Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new respiratory viral epidemic that originated in China but has affected many parts of the world, with devastating impact on economies and the practice of medicine and rehabilitation. Rehabilitation was significantly affected by SARS, because strict infection control measures run counter to principles such as multidisciplinary interactions, patients encouraging and learning from each other, and close physical contact during therapy. Rehabilitation medicine was increasingly affected by everstricter infection control measures regarding close contacts and interactions between health care workers. Rehabilitation medicine was directly affected when the entire neurology ward, including patients and health care staff, were transferred out to TTSH for isolation and observation because of suspicious clusters of fevers that involved both patients and staff. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: clinical features of index patient and initial contacts	./cache/cord-295514-vhymj0rw.txt	./txt/cord-295514-vhymj0rw.txt