ID4U Episode 13 Ebola Part 2

ID4U - Infectious Disease Podcasts for Users of the CMES program by Jessica Pelletier

S02 E03
17:16
Episode notes

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

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Keywords
infectious diseaseemergency medicinetropical medicineFOAMedFOAMebola