High Dose Intravenous Methylprednisone in the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
description: The case of a 72-year-old woman with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome is reported. While on treatment with ribavirin and antibiotics (for community-acquired pneumonia), the patient continued to have progressive clinical deterioration and chest radiographic evidence of respiratory deterioration. Pulse dose intravenous corticosteroids were used in an unsuccessful attempt to treat the inflammatory component of this respiratory illness.
creator: Brian Bressler, Stephen C Juvet, Sharmistha Mishra, Denis Hadjiliadis, Winnie M Lee
source: Canadian Respiratory Journal
publisher: Hindawi Limited
date: 2004
identifier: DOI: 10.1155/2004/364284
coverage: Diseases of the respiratory system