EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROIDS ON SURVIVAL OF CHILDREN WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME AND PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII-RELATED RESPIRATORY-FAILURE

Authors
MCLAUGHLIN GE VIRDEE SS SCHLEIEN CL HOLZMAN BH SCOTT GB
Citation
Ge. Mclaughlin et al., EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROIDS ON SURVIVAL OF CHILDREN WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME AND PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII-RELATED RESPIRATORY-FAILURE, The Journal of pediatrics, 126(5), 1995, pp. 821-824
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
126
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
821 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1995)126:5<821:EOCOSO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The medical records of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrom e were reviewed to evaluate the effect of our adoption to the pediatri c population of the National Institutes of Health recommendation for a djunctive corticosteroid therapy in adults with Pneumocystis carinii p neumonia. In 21 episodes of P. carinii-related respiratory failure, on ly adjunctive corticosteroids were associated with a significant impro vement in survival to successful removal of the tracheal tube, from a historical rate of 11% to 91%.