Status asthmaticus in children: a one-year study.
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Status asthmaticus in children: a one-year study.
50 children were admitted on 72 occasions during one year in status asthmaticus, defined as wheezing not relieved by two doses of bronchodilator 4 hours apart. At least one-third of children were hypercapnoeic on admission. They were managed with either oral prednisolone and nebulised salbutamol. Those with peak expiratory flow rates of greater than 25% expected for height were satisfactorily m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.54.8.581