PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH ALMITRINE FOR REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA IN ADULT-RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME

Authors
THORENS JB JOLLIET P CHEVROLET JC
Citation
Jb. Thorens et al., PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH ALMITRINE FOR REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA IN ADULT-RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME, Chest, 105(5), 1994, pp. 1579-1580
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
105
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1579 - 1580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)105:5<1579:PTWAFR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A 49-year-old man presented with an atypical pneumonia entailing an ad ult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The refractory hypoxemia cau sed a myocardial infarction, leading us to try pharmacologic treatment s. Almitrine bismesilate (AB) infusion allowed improvement of arterial oxygenation during 115 h without adverse effect. This case is, to our knowledge, the first reported prolonged treatment using AB for hypoxe mia due to ARDS.