Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS

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Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)
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What is it

• Considered the deadly atypical pneumonia
• Travels poorly through the air and only in large
  drops that a coughing or sneezing person ejects
• Also transmitted from contaminated objects

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Where has it been found?

• 18 countries as of April 2, 2003
• The top countries with the most cases of
  contamination are Canada (58), Vietnam (58),
  United State (84), Singapore (95), ChinaHong
  Kong (708), and China (1,190)

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Symptoms

• Fever of 100.4 F
• Muscle aches
• Dry cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

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In some cases, these symptoms are followed by

• Low blood oxygen
• Pneumonia
• Occasional acute respiratory distress
• death

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Risk Factors

• Recent travel to Hong Kong, Guangdong
  Province-China, Hanoi-Vietnam, Singapore,
  Toronto- Canada
• Close contact with a person with respiratory
  illness who is suspected of having SARS

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Risk Factors cont

• Close contact includes having cared for, lived
  with, or had direct contact with respiratory
  secretions or bodily fluids of a person with SARS
  (casual contact is not likely to be a risk)

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Bush ordered quarantine

• On April 4, 2003 President Bush issued an
  executive ordered Friday adding SARS to the list
  of communicable disease for which a person can be
  quarantined

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The Order

• The order reads SARS, a disease first recognized
  late last year in China, is associated with fever
  and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other
  respiratory illness is transmitted from person to
  person pre-dominantly by the aerosolized or
  droplet route, and, if spread in the population,
  would have severe public consequences.

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Treatment

• Receive similar treatment as used for community
  acquired atypical pneumonia of unknown cause
• Treatments include steroids, antibiotics, and
  antiviral agents
• The most effective treatment is unknown

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Bio-terrorism

• There have been questions raised about whether or
  not SARS is related to bio-terrorism and there is
  no indication that it is

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Credits

• http//www.detnews.com/2003/health/0304/03/03/e01-
  126809.html
• http//www.health.ri.gov/disease/communicable/sars
  /sars032003pr.html
• http//www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/04/sars.bush/ind
  ex.html
• http//www.redcross.org/news/hs/030402sars.html

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Created by

• Stephanie Nemeth
• EDU 290 TH 4-7
• April 17,2003