Status asthmaticus in children: a review

HA Werner - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
About 10% of American children have asthma, and its prevalence, morbidity, and mortality
have been increasing. Asthma is an inflammatory disease with edema, bronchial …

Severe acute asthma exacerbation in children: a stepwise approach for escalating therapy in a pediatric intensive care unit

IFF Nievas, KJS Anand - The Journal of Pediatric …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
OBJECTIVES An increasing prevalence of pediatric asthma has led to increasing burdens of
critical illness in children with severe acute asthma exacerbations, often leading to …

Childhood obesity increases duration of therapy during severe asthma exacerbations

CL Carroll, A Bhandari, AR Zucker… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Obiettivo: L'obesitàinfantile provoca un'ampia gamma di patologie che includono anche
l'asma. Esiste un'evidenza sempre maggiore che i pazienti adulti accettati in terapia …

[PDF][PDF] Intravenous magnesium sulfate in acute severe asthma not responding to conventional therapy

PR Devi, L Kumar, SC Singhi, R Prasad… - Indian pediatr, 1997 - indianpediatrics.net
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of early administration of intravenous Magnesium
sulfate (IV MgSo4) in children with acute severe asthma not responding to conventional …

A modified pulmonary index score with predictive value for pediatric asthma exacerbations

CL Carroll, AK Sekaran, TJ Lerer… - Annals of allergy, asthma & …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several clinical asthma scores have been derived from combinations of
physical findings in pediatric asthmatic patients. OBJECTIVE: To test the reproducibility and …

Helium-oxygen therapy for pediatric acute severe asthma requiring mechanical ventilation

SA Abd-Allah, MS Rogers, M Terry… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Helium-oxygen therapy for pediatric acute severe asthma requ... : Pediatric Critical Care
Medicine Helium-oxygen therapy for pediatric acute severe asthma requiring mechanical …

Magnesium sulfate administered via continuous intravenous infusion in pediatric patients with refractory wheezing

ML Glover, C Machado, BR Totapally - Journal of critical care, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the dosing and safety of intravenous magnesium sulfate administered
via continuous infusion for refractory wheezing. Materials and Methods: All patients admitted …

[HTML][HTML] Ketamine in Chronic Pain: A Review

A Faísco, R Dinis, T Seixas, L Lopes - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ketamine has been used in the treatment of several pain syndromes, particularly those with
a relevant neuropathic component. Sub-anesthetic doses of ketamine produce a potent …

Theophylline in acute childhood asthma: A meta‐analysis of its efficacy

DC Goodman, B Littenberg, GT O'Connor… - Pediatric …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Although theophylline is a widely used drug for the treatment of acute childhood asthma, its
efficacy has not been clearly established. This study constitutes a meta‐analysis of …

Status asthmaticus

NH Cohen, H Eigen, TE Shaughnessy - Critical care clinics, 1997 - Elsevier
Asthma is a common clinical condition characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, and cough
resulting from reversible airflow obstruction. Histopathologic evidence over the past 30 years …