TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
T2 - Home Treatment with Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing
AU - Farca, Alexander
AU - Maher, Grace
AU - Miller, Albert
PY - 1973/5/28
Y1 - 1973/5/28
N2 - A patient with alveolar proteinosis was treated with intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) using an isotonic sodium chloride solution, heparin sodium, and acetylcysteine. Resolution was demonstrated clinically, radiologically, and by pulmonary function tests. When treatment was discontinued, the disease recurred, but responded again to IPPB used at home. IPPB is recommended for treatment of alveolar proteinosis, since it involves less cost and risk than bronchopulmonary lavage, which has been the treatment of choice.
AB - A patient with alveolar proteinosis was treated with intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) using an isotonic sodium chloride solution, heparin sodium, and acetylcysteine. Resolution was demonstrated clinically, radiologically, and by pulmonary function tests. When treatment was discontinued, the disease recurred, but responded again to IPPB used at home. IPPB is recommended for treatment of alveolar proteinosis, since it involves less cost and risk than bronchopulmonary lavage, which has been the treatment of choice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0015938283&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1001/jama.1973.03220230045011
DO - 10.1001/jama.1973.03220230045011
M3 - Article
C2 - 4573995
AN - SCOPUS:0015938283
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 224
SP - 1283
EP - 1285
JO - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 9
ER -