Chronic respiratory failure due to toxic epidermal necrosis in a 10 year old girl.
Acta Clin Belg
; 70(1): 69-71, 2015 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-25324191
ABSTRACT
Toxic epidermal necrosis is a severe mucocutaneous disease with a high mortality rate. A third of the patients surviving the acute phase will develop pulmonary complications. The most frequent complication is bronchiolitis obliterans. Despite well-conducted treatment, in most cases, lung injury often leads to chronic respiratory failure. We describe here the case of a young patient that presented a toxic epidermal necrosis at the age of 3 years. Poor therapeutic compliance result in chronic respiratory failure and after 7 years of follow-up, pulmonary transplant remains the only long-term alternative. Close monitoring of respiratory symptoms in the course of toxic epidermal necrosis, intense treatment as soon as they appear and a long-term follow-up are essential to postpone chronic respiratory failure.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Insufficiency
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Clin Belg
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM