title: [Cerebral hemorrhage in a mechanically ventilated asthmatic child: multifactorial mechanisms].
abstract: We report the case of a 7-year-old boy with acute status asthmaticus requiring mechanic ventilation in the pediatric intensive care unit. He developed a brain hemorrhage during the course of his illness. We discuss the mechanisms that may have precipitated this neurological complication.
authors.affiliation: Unité de réanimation pédiatrique et néonatale et unité de brûlés pédiatriques, CHU Nord, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, chemin des Bourrely, Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baravalle
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tosello
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaumoître
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hassid
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thomachot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management; D062186:Arterial Pressure; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide