Pocket ICU Management
Viral Infections
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Is the patient immunosuppressed?
- Could this be bioterrorism?
- Could this be an epidemic?
- Consider contacting local and state health departments as well as CPC for epidemic/bioterrorism.
- Early infectious disease consultation
- Consider antiviral therapy.
- Contact CDC for suspected smallpox infection.
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Last updated: May 16, 2010
Citation
"Viral Infections." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534059/all/Viral_Infections.
Viral Infections. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534059/all/Viral_Infections. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Viral Infections. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534059/all/Viral_Infections
Viral Infections [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534059/all/Viral_Infections.
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