Clinical course, management, and long-term sequelae of respiratory failure due to influenza viral pneumonia.
Eleven patients with severe influenza viral pneumonia were seen over a six-week interval. Five patients survived after prolonged respirator and oxygen therapy. Follow-up chest roentgenograms and pulmonary function testing one year after recovery showed development of diffuse pulmonary fibrosis in the four survivors reexamined.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
D010100:Oxygen