TY - JOUR
T1 - Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
T2 - Recognition and emergency department management
AU - Dull, Scott M.
AU - Brillman, Judith C.
AU - Simpson, Steven Q.
AU - Sklar, David P.
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - Hantavirus infection with respiratory involvement is a new clinical entity. The respiratory and cardiovascular abnormalities associated with hantavirus infection define the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). We present two cases of HPS and discuss the presentation, epidemiology, emergency department management, and differential diagnosis. Treatment of HPS involves intensive care monitoring, airway management, and cardiovascular support. Because human hantavirus infection with respiratory involvement has been recognized recently in all geographic regions of the United States, it is important for emergency physicians to recognize this syndrome's characteristic symptoms and laboratory abnormalities. The fulminant clinical course of HPS and its 65% mortality rate underscore the importance of early recognition if potentially life-saving interventions are to be initiated.
AB - Hantavirus infection with respiratory involvement is a new clinical entity. The respiratory and cardiovascular abnormalities associated with hantavirus infection define the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). We present two cases of HPS and discuss the presentation, epidemiology, emergency department management, and differential diagnosis. Treatment of HPS involves intensive care monitoring, airway management, and cardiovascular support. Because human hantavirus infection with respiratory involvement has been recognized recently in all geographic regions of the United States, it is important for emergency physicians to recognize this syndrome's characteristic symptoms and laboratory abnormalities. The fulminant clinical course of HPS and its 65% mortality rate underscore the importance of early recognition if potentially life-saving interventions are to be initiated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028096556&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0028096556&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70191-1
DO - 10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70191-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 8080149
AN - SCOPUS:0028096556
SN - 0196-0644
VL - 24
SP - 530
EP - 536
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
IS - 3
ER -