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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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====Supportive care==== | ====Supportive care <small><small><small><small>Adapted from CDC<ref name="CDC">{{cite web| url=http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/healthCareProviders/healthCareProviders-TreatmentPrevention.html| Title=CDC Treatment and Prevention}}</ref></small></small></small></small>==== | ||
* There is no specific antiviral therapy indicated in patients with | * There is no specific [[antiviral]] therapy indicated in patients with west nile virus infection. | ||
* Treatment consist of supportive measurements and prevention of complications. | * Treatment consist of supportive measurements and prevention of complications. | ||
* In severe cases, patients often need to be hospitalized to receive supportive treatment, such as intravenous fluids, | * In severe cases, patients often need to be hospitalized to receive supportive treatment, such as [[intravenous fluids]], [[analgesics]], and nursing care. | ||
*Patients with severe meningeal symptoms often require pain control for [[headaches]] and antiemetic therapy and rehydration for associated [[nausea]] and [[vomiting]]. | |||
*Patients with [[encephalitis]] require close monitoring for the development of elevated [[intracranial pressure]] and [[seizures]]. | |||
*Patients with [[encephalitis]] or [[paralysis]] should be monitored for inability to protect their airway. | |||
*Acute neuromuscular [[respiratory failure]] may develop rapidly and prolonged ventilatory support may be required. | |||
*Although various drugs have been evaluated or empirically used for WNV disease, none have shown specific benefit to date. | |||
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Revision as of 13:11, 11 September 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Medical Therapy
Supportive care Adapted from CDC[1]
- There is no specific antiviral therapy indicated in patients with west nile virus infection.
- Treatment consist of supportive measurements and prevention of complications.
- In severe cases, patients often need to be hospitalized to receive supportive treatment, such as intravenous fluids, analgesics, and nursing care.
- Patients with severe meningeal symptoms often require pain control for headaches and antiemetic therapy and rehydration for associated nausea and vomiting.
- Patients with encephalitis require close monitoring for the development of elevated intracranial pressure and seizures.
- Patients with encephalitis or paralysis should be monitored for inability to protect their airway.
- Acute neuromuscular respiratory failure may develop rapidly and prolonged ventilatory support may be required.
- Although various drugs have been evaluated or empirically used for WNV disease, none have shown specific benefit to date.
References
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/healthCareProviders/healthCareProviders-TreatmentPrevention.html. Unknown parameter
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