Acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with severe ulcerative colitis

Acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with severe ulcerative colitis

Various extraintestinal manifestations including pulmonary abnormalities have been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious and fatal pulmonary manifestation. We have experienced a 67-year-old male patient with ARDS associated with a sever...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2010-05, Vol.16 (19), p.2440-2442
Hauptverfasser: Sagara, Shiho, Horie, Yasuo, Anezaki, Yumiko, Miyazawa, Hideaki, Iizuka, Masahiro
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Case Report
Colectomy
Colitis, Ulcerative - complications
Colitis, Ulcerative - pathology
Colitis, Ulcerative - therapy
Colonoscopy
Dyspnea - etiology
Humans
Male
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - etiology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - therapy
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Various extraintestinal manifestations including pulmonary abnormalities have been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious and fatal pulmonary manifestation. We have experienced a 67-year-old male patient with ARDS associated with a severe type of ulcerative colitis (UC). Severe dyspnea symptoms occurred during the treatment of UC in a previous hospital and the patient was transferred to our hospital on June 27, 2007. Both blood and sputa culture...
ISSN:1007-9327
2219-2840
DOI:10.3748/wjg.v16.i19.2440