Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: Benefits of intensive care?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-67

  Bulpa, Pierre A ^a   Dive, Alain M ^a   Garrino, Maria Grazia ^a   Delos, Monique A ^a   Gonzalez, Manuel R ^a   Evrard, Patrick A ^a   Glupczynski, Youri ^a   Installé, Etienne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients; Intensive care unit; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Mechanical ventilation; Outcome; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEMOCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035096462     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000768     Document Type: Article

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