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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Ebola is potentially lethal and since no approved [[vaccine]] or treatment is available. Treatment is primarily supportive and includes maintaining [[fluids]] and [[electrolytes]] [[homeostasis]], adequate [[oxygen]] levels and [[blood pressure]] and treating any complicating infections.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet | url = http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf }}</ref> All patients with a confirmed or suspected viral hemorrhagic fever should be put in isolation and adequate contact precautions.<ref name="pmid21084112">{{cite journal| author=Feldmann H, Geisbert TW| title=Ebola haemorrhagic fever. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 377 | issue= 9768 | pages= 849-62 | pmid=21084112 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8 | pmc=PMC3406178 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084112 }} </ref> | Ebola is potentially lethal and since no approved [[vaccine]] or treatment is available. Treatment is primarily supportive and includes maintaining [[fluids]] and [[electrolytes]] [[homeostasis]], adequate [[oxygen]] levels and [[blood pressure]] and treating any complicating infections.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = CDC Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet | url = http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf }}</ref> All patients with a confirmed or suspected viral hemorrhagic fever should be put in isolation and adequate contact precautions.<ref name="pmid21084112">{{cite journal| author=Feldmann H, Geisbert TW| title=Ebola haemorrhagic fever. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 377 | issue= 9768 | pages= 849-62 | pmid=21084112 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8 | pmc=PMC3406178 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084112 }} </ref> | ||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Guillermo Rodriguez Nava, M.D. [2]
Overview
Ebola is potentially lethal and since no approved vaccine or treatment is available. Treatment is primarily supportive and includes maintaining fluids and electrolytes homeostasis, adequate oxygen levels and blood pressure and treating any complicating infections.[1] All patients with a confirmed or suspected viral hemorrhagic fever should be put in isolation and adequate contact precautions.[2]
Medical Therapy
Treatment is primarily supportive and includes:
- Minimizing invasive procedures
- Balancing electrolytes since patients are frequently dehydrated
- Replacing lost coagulation factors to help stop bleeding
- Maintaining oxygen levels and blood pressure
- Treating any complicating infections.
References
- ↑ "CDC Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet" (PDF).
- ↑ Feldmann H, Geisbert TW (2011). "Ebola haemorrhagic fever". Lancet. 377 (9768): 849–62. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8. PMC 3406178. PMID 21084112.