Infant with fever, cough, wheezing in brought to ER. CXR: Hyperinflated lungs with infiltrates.
Transmitted: aerosol or hand-to-hand contact
Treatment: supportive, ribavirin aerosolized, albuterol
Synagis (vaccine )helps prevent infection in high-risk infants (premature, with heart and lung diseases)
In adult RSV infection is milder.
Transmitted: aerosol or hand-to-hand contact
Treatment: supportive, ribavirin aerosolized, albuterol
Synagis (vaccine )helps prevent infection in high-risk infants (premature, with heart and lung diseases)
In adult RSV infection is milder.
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