Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

Table 8 Radiographic Findings Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Category A pathogens A ...

Table 8 Radiographic Findings ( Continued ) Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Tularemi ...

Table 8 Radiographic Findings ( Continued ) Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Epsilon ...

Table 8 Radiographic Findings ( Continued ) Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Q fever ...

Table 8 Radiographic Findings ( Continued ) Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Toxoplas ...

Table 8 Radiographic Findings ( Continued ) Pathogen Chest radiographic findings Comments and other radiologic findings Multidru ...

Decontaminate as Appropriate Under most circumstances, victims of a bioterrorist attack will present hours or days later. Patien ...

Table 9 Definitive Diagnostics Pathogen Diagnostic test Category A pathogens Anthrax (B. anthracis) Culture of blood, sputum, pl ...

Table 9 Definitive Diagnostics (Continued) Pathogen Diagnostic test Typhus fever (R. prowazekii) Serology: indirect microimmunof ...

Table 10 Treatment for Adults Pathogen Initial treatment prior to availability of susceptibility Category A pathogens Anthrax ( ...

Table 10 Treatment for Adults ( Continued ) Pathogen Initial treatment prior to availability of susceptibility Viral hemorrhagic ...

Table 10 Treatment for Adults ( Continued ) Pathogen Initial treatment prior to availability of susceptibility Q fever ( C. burn ...

Table 10 Treatment for Adults ( Continued ) Pathogen Initial treatment prior to availability of susceptibility Tick-borne hemorr ...

Assist in the Epidemiologic Investigation and Manage the Psychological Consequences The intensive care team will likely be the f ...

protection should be worn and an impermeable gown, face shield, and gloves utilized. Patients should be placed in a negative pre ...

On presentation, laboratory abnormalities found in some but not all patients include elevated liver enzymes (uncommon to 80%), p ...

pharyngeal injection); (ii) hypotensive phase (may range from mild hypotension to shock and hemorrhage lasting for one to two da ...

Clinical disease:The prodromebegins with the sudden onset of fever, chills, back pain, headache, malaise, and sometimes nausea, ...

Primary pneumonic plaguefrom inhalation of infected droplets manifests itself with sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, ches ...

Differential diagnosis: Pneumonia must be differentiated from CAPs, atypical pneumo- nias, tuberculosis, psittacosis, Q fever, p ...