Jolan Malherbe, Pierre Godard, Jean-Claude Lacherade, Valentin Coirier, Laurent Argaud, Hervé Hyvernat, Francis Schneider, Julien Charpentier, Florent Wallet, Juliette Pocquet, Gaëtan Plantefeve, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Pierre Bay, Agathe Delbove, Hugues Georges, Tomas Urbina, David Schnell, Charlène Le Moal, Matthieu Stanowski, Corentin Muris, Maud Jonas, Bertrand Sauneuf, Olivier Lesieur, Amaury Lhermitte, Laure Calvet, Ines Gueguen, Damien du Cheyron
BACKGROUND: Due to aging population and increasing part of immunocompromised patients, a raise in life-threatening organ damage related to VZV can be expected. Two retrospective studies were already conducted on VZV in ICU but focused on specific organ injury. Patients with high-risk of VZV disease still must be identified. The objective of this study was to report the clinical features and outcome of all life-threatening VZV manifestations requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission...
March 29, 2024: Annals of Intensive Care