Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as treatment for acute respiratory failure and subsequent pneumothorax caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Y S ^a   Lin, N C ^a,b   Chen, I M ^a,b   Chang, S C ^a,b   Wang, F D ^a,b   Huang, Y C ^a,b   Wu, T H ^a,b   Loong, C C ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; ECMO; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Kidney transplantation; PCP; PJP; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WEAKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873439439     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12039     Document Type: Article

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