Pediatric acute respiratory failure: areas of debate in the pediatric critical care setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A Turner ◽  
Ira M Cheifetz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Pediatric Critical Care

ASSESSING EXPOSURE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO ISOFLURANE IN THE PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE SETTING

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. A121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Breslin ◽  
Jaquelyn Warner ◽  
Mark A Helfaer ◽  
Gregory J Shears
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Pediatric Critical Care

scholarly journals An undiagnosed myasthenia gravis presenting as isolated recurrent acute respiratory failure

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 80-82
Author(s):  
Ram Shri Sharma ◽  
Nalini Sharma ◽  
ME Yeolekar
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Myasthenia Gravis ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Initial Presentation ◽  
Speech Therapist

ABSTRACTAcute respiratory failure is an uncommon initial presentation of myasthenia gravis (MG). In our case a 22-year-old woman of unrecognized MG presented to the emergency department with isolated respiratory failure as the first presenting symptom. Initially she presented with dysphonia and was managed by speech therapist and ENT surgeons for 3 months. Subsequently, she presented with signs and symptoms of sepsis and went into acute respiratory failure. This case highlights the need to consider MG in the differential diagnosis of an otherwise unexplained respiratory failure in the critical care setting.

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