
IBCC Episode 121 - Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
The Internet Book of Critical Care Podcast
00:00
H v Negative
A lot of these patients, especially the h i v negative patient population, are presenting quite full men with really bad hypoximac respiratory failure. So it's kind of hard to assault them with a camera while they're spontaneously breathing, isn't it? Jush, exactly. A conventional silver stain has much less sensitivity. For an h vy negative patient, they're sicker. It's harder to do brancoscope.
Transcript
Play full episode