Acute respiratory distress syndrome in paediatric scrub typhus. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Loganathan, Sathish K; Jaybhaye, Amol; Dash, Nabaneeta; Punnen, Anu; Ghosh, Urmi; Rose, Winsley
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 51:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 514
• Page End: 517
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Scrub typhus -- acute respiratory distress syndrome -- paediatrics -- India; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/00494755211029146
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a life-threatening complication of scrub typhus; we sought to describe its mortality and associated factors, namely eschar, hepatomegaly and severe thrombocytopenia, in a retrospective study in India of 65 children.