Dr. Jessica Pelletier and Noah Kronk speak with Dr. Steve Liang and Dr. Gaston Omba about the diagnostic workup, management, and prevention of ebola virus disease (EVD).
Take-Home Points:
- Patients may present in either the dry or wet phases of disease and may progress to death or recovery
- Early recognition of possible EVD cases helps protect more people from becoming infected
- IPC measures are critical to break the cycle of infection and stop outbreaks
- Care in the ED is primarily supportive
- Patients with the Zaire strain of EVD OR neonates born to mothers who test positive are eligible to receive mAb114 or REGN-EB3, where available
- Individuals exposed to the Zaire strain of EVD should receive the Ervebo vaccine
You can view the full show notes and references here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1193rLGFHzSXLY2rnUzUc5m0utFjAGCRVUPNG3oULKFw/edit?usp=sharing
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