Comparison of intravenous terbutaline versus normal saline in pediatric patients on continuous high-dose nebulized albuterol for status asthmaticus

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Bogie, Amanda Lynn ^a   Towne, Deborah ^b   Luckett, Peter M ^b   Abramo, Thomas J ^c   Wiebe, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute severe asthma; Asthma; Terbutaline

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; INSULIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LACTIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERBUTALINE; TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEBULIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; ST SEGMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; THORAX PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TERBUTALINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250715965     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000278397.63246.33     Document Type: Article

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