Sharing features of uncommon respiratory syncytial virus complications in infants

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 574-578

  Piastra, Marco ^a,b   Caresta, Elena ^a   Tempera, Alessia ^a   Langer, Arianna ^a   Zorzi, Giulia ^a   Pulitanò, Silvia ^a   Chiaretti, Antonio ^a   Genovese, Orazio ^a   Viola, Luigi ^a   Tortorolo, Luca ^a   Polidori, Giancarlo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Air leak syndromes; Bronchiolitis; Hyponatremia; Negative pressure pulmonary edema; RSV; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; LORAZEPAM; MACROLIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CROUP; EPIDEMIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG PRESSURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN;

EID: 33747501787     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000230704.74022.3e     Document Type: Article

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