Acute monocytic leukemia presenting as acute respiratory failure

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1329-1333

  Azoulay, Élie ^a   Fieux, Fabienne ^b   Moreau, Delphine ^b   Thiery, Guillaume ^b   Rousselot, Philippe ^b   Parrot, Antoine ^b   Le Gall, Jean Roger ^b   Dombret, Hervé ^b   Schlemmer, Benoît ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Alveolar hemorrhage; Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis; Intensive care unit; Monocytic leukemia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BREATHING RATE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038629045     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200206-554OC     Document Type: Article

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