[42-year-old obese man with H1N1 influenza A infection necessitating mechanical ventilation].
A 42-year-old obese patient was admitted to our hospital due to dyspnoea and high fever. He was diagnosed with pneumonia, which progressed rapidly, so that he had to be transferred to the intensive care unit for mechanical ventilation. A/H1N1v-infection was diagnosed after no causative agent could be detected initially. The patient's condition improved under oseltamivir, which was administered over ten days.
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Klinikum Lichtenfels, Medizinische Klinik, Lichtenfels, Deutschland. kunner@arcor.de
Tschudin Sutter
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Widmer
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D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D053139:Oseltamivir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D053139:Oseltamivir