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Invasive mechanical ventilation requiring varicella pneumonia
Author(s) -
Bülent Özbay,
Bünyamin Sertoğullarından
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.698
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , sputum , respiratory failure , pneumonia , anesthesia , respiratory system , oxygen saturation , oxygen , tuberculosis , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology
We aimed to report a case of varicella pneumonia that resulted in respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. The patient was a 40-year-old man whose rashes started after his childeren developed varicella and who had a high fever, sputum and sputum with blood, cough, cold and shiver four days before admission. A treatment was commenced by an antiviral acyclovir and ampiric ampicillin-sulbactam therapy. Although a supporting oxygen treatment, the patient whose oxygen saturation did not increase and respiratory rate was high was commenced by an invasive mechanical ventilation because of a respiratory failure. The patient that had a recovery in clinical symptoms after 36 hours was extubated and was discharged from hospital by the following week.

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