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cord-329877-vish6v8e	Lapinsky, Stephen E.	ICU management of severe acute respiratory syndrome	2003-05-09		.txt	text/plain	2639	149	45	BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a contagious viral illness first recognized in late 2002. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral illness characterized by a syndrome of fever and respiratory symptoms that can progress to respiratory failure and death. This review describes the current state of knowledge of SARS, with particular reference to the management of the critically ill patient and the safety and protection of the ICU staff. Case definitions of SARS are currently based on the presence of epidemiological risk factors (close contact with SARS cases or travel to SARS "affected" areas) along with a combination of fever and respiratory symptoms, with or without hypoxia and/or chest radiographic changes [3] . Other high-risk procedures include obtaining nasopharyngeal swabs, bag-mask ventilation, intubation, suctioning, chest physiotherapy in nonintubated patients, nebulized drug therapy, noninvasive ventilation, and extubation (see Table 1 ).	./cache/cord-329877-vish6v8e.txt	./txt/cord-329877-vish6v8e.txt