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Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) complicating meningococcaemia
D C Wilson1, P M Crean, J G Jenkins
1Intensive Care Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Irish Journal of Medical Science
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
We describe a one year old boy with meningococcaemia complicated by the adult respiratory distress syndrome. Maintenance of oxygenation required a positive end-expiratory pressure of 20 cm H2O. Resultant barotrauma produced pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. Prompt recognition and treatment of this complication can reduce its high mortality rate.