Kundrat Sarah L, Wolek Terry L, Rowe-Telow Margaret
Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-1174, USA.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2010 Jan-Feb;29(1):1-5. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181be489c.
Infantile malignant pertussis is characterized by severe respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, leukocytosis, and death. Bordetella pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that is becoming a much more globally prevalent condition contributing to more and more infant deaths each year. This article examines 2 such cases and the hospital's internal and community-based programs initiated to help protect these vulnerable infants.
婴儿恶性百日咳的特征为严重呼吸衰竭、肺动脉高压、白细胞增多及死亡。百日咳博德特氏菌是一种可通过疫苗预防的疾病，在全球范围内正变得越来越普遍，每年导致越来越多的婴儿死亡。本文考察了2例此类病例以及医院启动的内部和社区项目，以帮助保护这些脆弱的婴儿。
