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Bourbon virus infection medical therapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There is no specific medical therapy for Bourbon virus infection. Early diagnosis, hospitalization, and supportive therapy are fundamentals of treatment.
Medical Therapy
Medical Therapy
There is no specific medical therapy for Bourbon virus infection. Early diagnosis, hospitalization, and supportive therapy are fundamentals of treatment.[1]
Supportive therapy
- ICU management should include careful assessment, monitoring and adjustment of volume status and cardiac function, including inotropic and vasopressor support if needed.
- Fluids should be administered carefully due to the potential for capillary leakage.
- Supplemental oxygen should be administered if patients become hypoxic.
- Equipment and materials for intubation and mechanical ventilation should be readily available since onset of respiratory failure may be precipitous.
Anti Viral Treatment
- There is no effective antiviral treatment for Bourbon virus is currently available.
References
References
- ↑ Schweon, Steven J. (2016). “Bourbon virus”. Nursing. 46 (4): 65. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000481418.81092.98. ISSN 0360-4039.
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