title: Respiratory emergencies in HIV-infected persons.
abstract: Respiratory complaints are a common reason for patients with HIV infection to present to an emergency department (ED). "HIV and shortness of breath" is one of the most frequent chief complaints on ED triage sheets, and the differential diagnosis is broad. Pulmonary etiologies include infectious and noninfectious causes that are related and unrelated to underlying HIV infection and range from the minor to the life threatening. This article focuses on respiratory emergencies among HIV-infected patients and discusses their typical presentation and diagnostic evaluation as well as therapeutic interventions that should be initiated in an ED.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0111, Room M1336, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. charles.everett@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Charles K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Everett
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000821:virology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000821:virology; D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D010343:Patient Admission; D010808:Physical Examination; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents