Response to ketamine in status asthmaticus resistant to maximal medical treatment.
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Response to ketamine in status asthmaticus resistant to maximal medical treatment.
The case is reported of a 28 year old woman with status asthmaticus unresponsive to three days of maximal medical treatment. Resolution of bronchospasm was achieved with an infusion of the intravenous anaesthetic agent ketamine.
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.1.90