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The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 3: Pulmonary vasculitis

¹ Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
² Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London UK

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Correspondence to:
Dr S Brett, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK;
stephen.brett{at}ic.ac.uk

ABSTRACT
The case history of a patient admitted to the ICU with severe hypoxic respiratory failure later diagnosed as Wegener’s granulomatosis is presented. The diagnosis and management of patients with suspected pulmonary vasculitis is discussed.

Keywords: critical care; pulmonary vasculitis