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Última atualização: 07 Feb 2023
Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- fever
- rash
- malaise/prostration
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Outros fatores diagnósticos
- headache
- backache
- pharyngitis
- nausea/vomiting
- abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- delirium/confusion
- seizures
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Fatores de risco
- laboratory contact
- bioterrorism
- close contact with confirmed case
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Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- polymerase chain reaction
- CBC
- BUN and electrolytes
- LFTs
- venous lactate
- clotting screen
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Investigações a serem consideradas
- blood culture
- malaria antigen test
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Algoritmo de tratamento
Inicial
suspected smallpox
Colaboradores
Autores
Miguel G. Madariaga, MD, MSc, FACP
Infectious Diseases Consultant
Naples Community Hospital
Naples
FL
Disclosures
MGM declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Ziba Jalali, MD, PhD
Infectious Disease Physician
Cedar Sinai Medical Center and Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Torrance
CA
Disclosures
ZJ declares that she has no competing interests.
Jimmy Whitworth, MD, FRCP, FFPH, FMedSci, DTM&H
Emeritus Professor
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London
UK
Disclosures
JW declares that he has no competing interests.
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Differentials
- Mpox (monkeypox)
- Chickenpox
- Disseminated herpes zoster
More DifferentialsGuidelines
- Smallpox
- Smallpox: for clinicians
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