Isoflurane Therapy for Status Asthmaticus in Children and Adults
| Autor: | Tom Noseworthy, Heather A. Yule, Allan Shustack, Erwin G. Friesen, Richard Johnston |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Adolescent medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Status Asthmaticus Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Refractory Humans Medicine Child Lung Compliance Asthma Chemotherapy Bronchial Spasm Isoflurane business.industry Respiratory disease medicine.disease Inhalational anaesthetic El Niño Child Preschool Anesthesia Anesthetic Female Blood Gas Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Inspiratory Capacity medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 97:698-701 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.97.3.698 |
| Popis: | Two adults and two children with life-threatening asthma refractory to maximal standard therapy were treated with the inhalational anesthetic agent isoflurane. In each case, the temporal response to the initiation of therapy was striking. All patients survived and none experienced adverse reactions attributable to the drug. Rapid therapeutic benefit, minimal side effects, absence of cumulative toxicity, and ease of administration are factors supporting the use of isoflurane for patients with severe asthma. |
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