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Chickenpox pneumonia, its complications and management
Author(s) -
CLARK G. P. M.,
DOBSON P. M.,
THICKETT A.,
TURNER N. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09549.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chickenpox , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , surgery , pediatrics , virus , virology
Summary We report three cases of chickenpox pneumonia in adults, all of whom required intermittent positive pressure ventilation. One patient developed a variety of complications, and another, a pregnant woman, required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.