title: CPAP mask management of varicella-induced respiratory failure.
abstract: Pneumonia is a complication of primary varicella infection that occurs most commonly in adults and may lead to life-threatening respiratory failure. We report a case of varicella pneumonia with impending respiratory failure in which endotracheal intubation was averted by the use of CPAP mask ventilation with a favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sadovnikoff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*