Bubble continuous positive airway pressure in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected infant

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-564

  McCollum, Eric D ^a,b   Smith, A ^c   Golitko, C L ^d  

^a KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative   (Malawi)

Author keywords

BCPAP; Early infant diagnosis; HIV; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; INFUSION FLUID; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTUBATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79952782199     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0583     Document Type: Article

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