Treatment of Ebola-related critical illness.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore contemporary clincial case management of patients with Ebola virus disease.

Methods

A narrative review from a clinical perspective of clinical features, diagnostic tests, treatments and outcomes of patients with Ebola virus disease.

Results

Substantial advances have been made in the care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD), precipitated by the unprecedented extent of the 2014-2016 outbreak. There has been improved point-of-care diagnostics, improved characterization of the clinical course of EVD, improved patient-optimized standards of care, evaluation of effective anti-Ebola therapies, administration of effective vaccines, and development of innovative Ebola treatment units. A better understanding of the Ebola virus disease clinical syndrome

SUBMITTER: Kiiza P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature