ACUTE RESPIRATORY-FAILURE IN THE HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENT

Citation
Mj. Cowan et al., ACUTE RESPIRATORY-FAILURE IN THE HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENT, Critical care clinics, 13(3), 1997, pp. 523
Citations number
155
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
ISSN journal
07490704
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0704(1997)13:3<523:ARITHP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Since approximately 40% to 65% of patients with AIDS will develop pulm onary disease, HIV-seropositive patients represent a large cohort of i mmunosuppressed individuals with the potential to progress to respirat ory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and admission to the inte nsive care unit. This article reviews the cause, pathophysiology, diag nostic approach, and management of acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in HIV-seropositive patients. Prognostic facto rs and survival rates for episodes of respiratory failure are also dis cussed. In addition, an overview of acute respiratory failure in pedia tric AIDS patients is presented.