Deceptive and revealing clinical forms of acute respiratory insufficience in chronic bronchopneumopathies
Coatantiec, G.; Laffay, J.; Tellier, P.; Salin, J.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 53(31-32): 1671-1676
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 198894 Document Number: 116677
The authors report 6 cases of acute respiratory failure complicating chronic bronchial and lung disease admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of: heart disease, 3 cases, pulmonary oedema, pulmonary embolism, atrial flutter; status asthmaticus : one case; neuro-psychiatric disease : 2 cases (toxic coma and agitation). The authors emphasize the frequency of chronic bronchial disease and recall the signs of acute decompensation discussing the possible difficulties in diagnosis and the therapeutic implications.