{"id":3210,"date":"2026-09-04T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/2026\/09\/04\/intensive-care-of-children-with-pertussis-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:15:50","slug":"intensive-care-of-children-with-pertussis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/2026\/09\/04\/intensive-care-of-children-with-pertussis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Intensive Care of Children with Pertussis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\n\nL. Bozadzhieva1,2<\/sup>, \nL. Dimitrova1,2<\/sup>, \nT. Teneva1,2<\/sup>, \nBl. Zdravkov1,2<\/sup>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n

\n1<\/sup> Department of Paediatric Intensive Care for Children Aged 0\u201318 Years, Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Children\u2019s Diseases \u201cProf. Dr. Ivan Mitev\u201d, Sofia
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Pertussis, caused by Bordetella pertussis, remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among unvaccinated infants. This article examines three clinical cases of severe infection in infants under 3 months of age, presenting with pneumonia, respiratory failure, and complications such as sepsis, pulmonary hypertension, and organ dysfunction. The pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease are analyzed, including the role of pertussis toxin, laboratory findings, and the therapeutic approach applied in intensive care settings. Emphasis is placed on the importance of early diagnosis, immunization-based prevention, and careful management of respiratory support.
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Keywords<\/strong>: pertussis, Bordetella pertussis, respiratory failure, sepsis, pulmonary hypertension<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Children\u2019s Diseases
    \u201cProf. Dr. Ivan Mitev\u201d, Medical University – Sofia <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11, \u201cAcad. Ivan Ev. Geshov\u201d, Blvd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    L. Bozadzhieva\u00b9\u02d2\u00b2, L. Dimitrova\u00b9\u02d2\u00b2, T. Teneva\u00b9\u02d2\u00b2, Bl. Zdravkov\u00b9\u02d2\u00b2 ||| \u00b9 Department of Paediatric Intensive Care for Children Aged 0\u201318 Years, Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Children\u2019s Diseases \u201cProf. Dr. Ivan Mitev\u201d, Sofia ||| \u00b2 Department of Paediatrics, Medical University \u2013 Sofia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_pediatria_doi":"10.66223\/pediatria.2026.3.005","footnotes":""},"categories":[1301,2684,2679,3399,1],"tags":[3423,3411,3420,3422,3413,3414,1672,3415,3421,3416,3418,3419],"class_list":["post-3210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-issue-3-2026","category-broj-3-2026","category-statii","tag-bl-zdravkov","tag-bordetella-pertussis","tag-l-bozadzhieva","tag-l-dimitrova","tag-pertussis","tag-pulmonary-hypertension","tag-respiratory-failure-en","tag-sepsis-2","tag-t-teneva","tag-belodrobna-hipertoniya","tag-koklyush","tag-t-teneva1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3210"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3229,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210\/revisions\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatria-spisanie.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}