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Pediatric Plastic Bronchitis : Case Report and Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Epidemiology and Pathology
Joint Authors
Frankovich, Jennifer
Mark, John
Roth, Stephen
Kunder, Christian
Kunder, Rebecca
Sun, Heather Y.
Berry, Gerald
Messner, Anna
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a pathologic condition in which airway casts develop in the tracheobronchial tree causing airway obstruction.
There is no standard treatment strategy for this uncommon condition.
We report an index patient treated using an emerging multimodal strategy of directly instilled and inhaled tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) as well as 13 other cases of PB at our institution between 2000 and 2012.
The majority of cases (n=8) occurred in patients with congenital heart disease.
Clinical presentations, treatments used, histopathology of the casts, and patient outcomes are reviewed.
Further discussion is focused on the epidemiology of plastic bronchitis and a systematic approach to the histologic classification of casts.
Comorbid conditions identified in this study included congenital heart disease (8), pneumonia (3), and asthma (2).
Our institutional prevalence rate was 6.8 per 100,000 patients, and our case fatality rate was 7%.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kunder, Rebecca& Kunder, Christian& Sun, Heather Y.& Berry, Gerald& Messner, Anna& Frankovich, Jennifer…[et al.]. 2013. Pediatric Plastic Bronchitis : Case Report and Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Epidemiology and Pathology. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488124
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kunder, Rebecca…[et al.]. Pediatric Plastic Bronchitis : Case Report and Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Epidemiology and Pathology. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488124
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kunder, Rebecca& Kunder, Christian& Sun, Heather Y.& Berry, Gerald& Messner, Anna& Frankovich, Jennifer…[et al.]. Pediatric Plastic Bronchitis : Case Report and Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Epidemiology and Pathology. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488124
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488124