Pulmonary hydatid cyst in a pregnant patient causing acute respiratory failure

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 66-68

  Hijazi, Mohammed ^a   Al Ansari, Mariam ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Pregnancy; Pulmonary hydatid; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CYST RUPTURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG HYDATID CYST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBE;

EID: 34249281662     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.32234     Document Type: Article

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