학술논문

High-Dose N-Acetylcysteine Therapy for Novel H1N1 Influenza Pneumonia.
Document Type
Article
Source
Annals of Internal Medicine. 5/18/2010, Vol. 152 Issue 10, p687-688. 2p. 1 Graph.
Subject
*VIRAL disease treatment
*H1N1 influenza
*DRUG dosage
*INFLUENZA
*PNEUMONIA treatment
*ANTIVIRAL agents
*PATIENTS
Language
ISSN
0003-4819
Abstract
The article focuses on a clinical observation relative to N-acetylcysteine treatment for H1N1 influenza pneumonia. It discusses the case of a woman presented with a novel H1N1 human swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia wherein her health condition improved rapidly due to the high-dose of N-acetylcysteine infusion treatment which eventually killed the H1N1 virus. It states that the patient has recovered quickly because of the high-dose N-acetylcysteine together with other antiviral medications.