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==Supportive Care==
===Supportive Care===


The supportive medical care aims to minimize as much as possible the damages caused by [[MERS]]. It is divided into 4 categories, according to the clinical status of the patient. These categories include:<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infections when novel coronavirus is suspected: What to do and what not to do | url = http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/InterimGuidance_ClinicalManagement_NovelCoronavirus_11Feb13u.pdf }}</ref>
The supportive medical care aims to minimize as much as possible the damages caused by [[MERS]]. It is divided into 4 categories, according to the clinical status of the patient. These categories include:<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infections when novel coronavirus is suspected: What to do and what not to do | url = http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/InterimGuidance_ClinicalManagement_NovelCoronavirus_11Feb13u.pdf }}</ref>


===Early recognition===
====Supportive Management of Primary Infection====
*Provide [[oxygen]] therapy to patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]], presenting with [[hypoxemia]] or [[shock]]
*Administer empiric [[antibiotics]] until the diagnosis of MERS-CoV is confirmed
*Administer fluids carefully in patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]], even in the absence of [[shock]], since volume overload may jeopardize [[oxygenation]]
*Monitor forpossible clinical deterioration of patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]]
*Avoid high-dose systemic [[corticosteroids]] to prevent side-effects such as opportunistic [[infections]] and [[avascular necrosis]]


This section focuses on the early recognition of [[symptoms]] and management of patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]]. This includes:<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infections when novel coronavirus is suspected: What to do and what not to do | url = http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/InterimGuidance_ClinicalManagement_NovelCoronavirus_11Feb13u.pdf }}</ref>
====Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome====
*Recognition of severe manifestations of acute [[respiratory infections]], such as [[pneumonia]] or [[sepsis]]
*Prevention of [[infection]] by implementing measures like [[droplet]] or airborne precautions
*Providing [[oxygen]] therapy to patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]], presenting with [[hypoxemia]] or [[shock]]
*Specimen collection for laboratory testing, from [[Upper respiratory tract|upper]] and [[lower respiratory tract]]s
*Empiric [[antibiotics]] until diagnosis of MERS-CoV is confirmed
*Careful fluid administration in patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]], even in the absence of [[shock]], since volume overload may jeopardize [[oxygenation]]
*Monitoring of possible clinical deterioration of patients with severe acute [[respiratory infections]]
*Avoidance of high-dose systemic [[corticosteroids]] to prevent side-effects such as opportunistic [[infections]] and [[avascular necrosis]]
 
====Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome====


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*Fluid management in [[ARDS]] patients, in the absence of [[shock]], in order to decrease duration of [[mechanical ventilation]]
*Fluid management in [[ARDS]] patients, in the absence of [[shock]], in order to decrease duration of [[mechanical ventilation]]


====Septic Shock====
====Management of Septic Shock====


{{Details|Sepsis medical therapy|the management of septic shock}}
{{Details|Sepsis medical therapy|the management of septic shock}}

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Overview

According to the available data, no specific treatment for MERS-CoV infection is currently available. Clinical management includes supportive management of complications and implementation of recommended infection prevention and control measures.[1]

Medical Therapy

According to the International Severe Acute Respiratory & Emerging Infection Consortium from the ISARIC and the Interim Guidance Document from the WHO, supportive medical care is the mainstay of management of MERS-CoV.[2][3]

Supportive Care

The supportive medical care aims to minimize as much as possible the damages caused by MERS. It is divided into 4 categories, according to the clinical status of the patient. These categories include:[2]

Supportive Management of Primary Infection

Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

This section focuses on management of patients who deteriorate and develop ARDS. It includes:[2]

Management of Septic Shock

This section targets the adequate management of septic shock. It includes:[2]

Prevention of Complications

This section is mainly based on preventing possible complications. It includes:[2]

  • preferring oral intubation
  • performing frequent antiseptic oral care
  • adjusting the patient to a reclined position
  • preferring a closed suctioning system
  • changing the ventilator circuit for every patient
  • monitoring the status of heat moisture exchanger
  • reducing intermittent mandatory ventilation

References

  1. "People Who May Be at Increased Risk for MERS".
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infections when novel coronavirus is suspected: What to do and what not to do" (PDF).
  3. "Treatment of MERS-CoV: Decision Support Tool".
  4. "NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network Mechanical Ventilation Protocol Summary" (PDF).
  5. Dellinger RP, Levy MM, Rhodes A, Annane D, Gerlach H, Opal SM; et al. (2013). "Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012". Crit Care Med. 41 (2): 580–637. doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827e83af. PMID 23353941.
  6. Papazian, Laurent; Forel, Jean-Marie; Gacouin, Arnaud; Penot-Ragon, Christine; Perrin, Gilles; Loundou, Anderson; Jaber, Samir; Arnal, Jean-Michel; Perez, Didier; Seghboyan, Jean-Marie; Constantin, Jean-Michel; Courant, Pierre; Lefrant, Jean-Yves; Guérin, Claude; Prat, Gwenaël; Morange, Sophie; Roch, Antoine (2010). "Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome". New England Journal of Medicine. 363 (12): 1107–1116. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1005372. ISSN 0028-4793.
  7. Messerole E, Peine P, Wittkopp S, Marini JJ, Albert RK (2002). "The pragmatics of prone positioning". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 165 (10): 1359–63. doi:10.1164/rccm.2107005. PMID 12016096.
  8. Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, Sinopoli D, Chu H, Cosgrove S; et al. (2006). "An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU". N Engl J Med. 355 (26): 2725–32. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa061115. PMID 17192537.