Use of heliox to avoid intubation in a child with acute severe asthma and hypercapnia

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-30

  Haynes, Jeffrey M ^a   Sargent, Ronald J ^a   Sweeney, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOX; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 0037269684     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2003.12.1.28     Document Type: Article

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