Chronic respiratory failure due to toxic epidermal necrosis in a 10 year old girl
| Autor: | David Tuerlinckx, Matthieu Thimmesch, Anthony Gilbert, Eddy Bodart |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Mortality rate media_common.quotation_subject Mucocutaneous zone Bronchiolitis obliterans General Medicine Disease Lung injury medicine.disease Surgery Child Preschool Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Chronic Disease medicine Humans Female Girl Respiratory system business Complication Child Respiratory Insufficiency media_common |
| Zdroj: | Acta clinica Belgica. 70(1) |
| ISSN: | 1784-3286 |
| Popis: | Toxic epidermal necrosis is a severe mucocutaneous disease with a high mortality rate. A third of the patients surviving the acute phase will develop pulmonary complications. The most frequent complication is bronchiolitis obliterans. Despite well-conducted treatment, in most cases, lung injury often leads to chronic respiratory failure. We describe here the case of a young patient that presented a toxic epidermal necrosis at the age of 3 years. Poor therapeutic compliance result in chronic respiratory failure and after 7 years of follow-up, pulmonary transplant remains the only long-term alternative. Close monitoring of respiratory symptoms in the course of toxic epidermal necrosis, intense treatment as soon as they appear and a long-term follow-up are essential to postpone chronic respiratory failure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|