RT Book, Section
A1 Sandrock, Christian
A1 Black, Hugh
A2 Hall, Jesse B.
A2 Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2 Kress, John P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107721394
T1 Management of the Critically Ill Traveler
T2 Principles of Critical Care, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071738811
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107721394
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  critically  ill  traveler  can  provide  a  diagnostic  dilemma  for  the  clinician  given  the  wide  array  of  causative  agents.The  patient’s  travel  history  can  lay  a  foundation  for  an  epidemiological-based  approach  to  therapy.Certain  infectious  agents  that  respond  to  antimicrobial  therapy  must  be  considered  early,  with  rapid  administration  of  the  appropriate  treatment  medications.  These  include  malaria,  rickettsial  disease,  meningococcus,  plague,  tularemia,  and  influenza.Viral  syndromes  such  as  Middle  East  respiratory  syndrome  coronavirus  (MERS-CoV),  viral  hemorrhagic  fever  (VHF),  Ebola,  and  dengue  are  managed  with  supportive  care  only,  as  there  are  no  available  treatment  medications.The  management  of  the  critically  ill  traveler  includes  early  isolation  and  HCW  protection  should  be  initiated  until  a  diagnosis  can  be  determined.