CD4 lymphocyte counts and mortality in AIDS patients requiring mechanical ventilator support due to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 430-433

  Kumar, Sunil D ^a   Krieger, Bruce P ^a,b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENTAMIDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0031912630     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.430     Document Type: Article

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