Nihil Akcay, Demet Tosun, Ilyas Bingöl
University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital.
Turkey
Paediatrics and International Child Health
Paediatr Int Child Health 2025;
DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2025.2595836
Abstract
An 8-week-old infant girl with pertussis-induced respiratory distress, complicated by severe leucocytosis, pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure is reported. She was treated with mechanical ventilation, exchange transfusion and other supportive measures. A single-volume exchange transfusion significantly reduced the elevated white blood cell count and stabilised her condition. This case underscores the potential role of exchange transfusion as a life-saving intervention in critical pertussis cases with severe leucocytosis.
Category
Class I. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Infection
Medical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Fresh (PHresh). Less than 1-2 years since publication
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