[[[ Objective: ]]] To describe an infant with severe pertussis successfully treated with leukopheresis. [[[ Design: ]]] Case report. [[[ Setting: ]]] Pediatric intensive care unit of a children’s hospital. [[[ Patient: ]]] Five-wk-old female with pertussis complicated by cardiorespiratory failure. [[[ Interventions: ]]] Single leukopheresis treatment. [[[ Measurements and main results: ]]] Normalization of the white blood cell count and marked cardiorespiratory improvement after treatment; patient survived. [[[ Conclusion: ]]] Given the temporal association between treatment and improvement, we hypothesize that the markedly elevated white blood cell count has a major role in the cardiopulmonary compromise.
Leukopheresis therapy for severe infantile pertussis with myocardial and pulmonary failure
심각한 유아 백일해로 인한 심근 및 폐 기능 부전의 백혈구 제거 요법
[Category] 백일해,
[Article Type] journal-article
[Source] pubmed
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