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  • Title: Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a child with malaria: favorable response to prone positioning.
    Author: Flores JC, Imaz A, López-Herce J, Seriñá C.
    Journal: Respir Care; 2004 Mar; 49(3):282-5. PubMed ID: 14982648.
    Abstract:
    We present the case of a 4-year-old boy with malaria who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome with severe hypoxemia refractory to mechanical ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide. Placing the patient in prone position immediately and persistently improved oxygenation: the ratio of P(aO(2)) to fraction of inspired oxygen rose from 47 to 180 mm Hg and the oxygenation index decreased from 40 to 11. The patient survived, with no respiratory sequelae.
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