Controlled ventilation in the treatment of status asthmaticus in children
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[Controlled ventilation in the treatment of status asthmaticus in children].
ASTHMA IS DEFINED as intermittent spells of bronchospasm with symptom-free periods in a child who has a history or family history of an allergic condition. When the bronchospasm does not respond to bronchodilator treatment, or when extensive plugging of the bronchioles with sticky opalescent mucus occurs, the child is in status asthmaticus. 1 Although the large majority of children admitted to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0008-2856,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03004663