Treatment of Survivors after the Tsunami

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 352; no. 25; pp. 2654 - 2655
• Main Authors: Kongsaengdao, Subsai, Bunnag, Sakarn, Siriwiwattnakul, Napa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 23.06.2005
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Disasters; Endemic Diseases; Humans; Lung Abscess - diagnostic imaging; Lung Abscess - microbiology; Melioidosis - etiology; Melioidosis - therapy; Middle Aged; Multiple Trauma - etiology; Multiple Trauma - therapy; Pneumonia, Aspiration - microbiology; Pneumonia, Aspiration - therapy; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Radiography; Survivors; Thailand

To the Editor: The tsunami that struck the Asian subcontinent and Africa on December 26, 2004, caused the deaths of more than 200,000 people. In Thailand more than 10,000 people were treated in ambulatory health centers. After a tsunami, the effects on people occur in three phases. The injuries that...