A 63-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of leukemia. One day after admission she develops chills, fever, cough, headache, and myalgia. She states that her husband had a similar illness a few days earlier. There is major concern about a respiratory virus outbreak in the staff of the chemotherapy ward and in the patients on that ward. A synthetic amine that inhibits influenza A virus by blocking viral uncoating is chosen for prophylactic treatment of the staff and patients. That drug is
(A) Acyclovir
(B) Amantadine
(C) Ribavirin
(D) Saquinavir
(E) Lamivudine
(F) Fuzeon
Describe in detail how you will prepare for your patient’s return to the ward postoperatively.
September 14, 2020
3:34 pm
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