title: Mechanical ventilation in Coffin-Lowry syndrome: a case report.
abstract: We describe a 27-year-old patient with Coffin-Lowry syndrome with severe community pneumonia, septic shock and respiratory failure. We summarize both the mechanical ventilatory assistance and the hospitalization period in the intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal - Brasília (DF), Brasil.
authors.forename: Edmilson Bastos de
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Luzia - Brasília (DF), Brasil.
authors.forename: Érica Leal Teixeira de
authors.initials: ÉL
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Luzia - Brasília (DF), Brasil.
authors.forename: Fábio Ferreira
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal - Brasília (DF), Brasil.
authors.forename: Vânia Maria
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D038921:Coffin-Lowry Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy