A case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome as the initial manifestation

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Kinjo, Kazushi ^a   Terabe, Hiroya ^a   Ogawa, Megumi ^a   Takeda, Hideki ^a   Cho, Doki ^a   Hoshino, Shinichi ^a   Miyahira, Takeshi ^a   Oshiro, Mariko ^a  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Hokubu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Multiorgan failure; Pulmonary complication

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LIBMAN SACKS ENDOCARDITIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINALYSIS;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 55949106671     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0649-x     Document Type: Article

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