Inhaled Ribavirin Therapy in Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome;Tratamiento con ribavirina inhalada en el síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda inducida por virus respiratorio sincitial en el adulto

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 315-317

  Luo, Yung Hung ^a   Huang, Chu Yun ^a   Yang, Kuang Yao ^a   Lee, Yu Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory syncytial virus; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKLE; DETERIORATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85047699066     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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