Prolonged sevoflurane inhalation therapy for status asthmaticus in an infant

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-545

  Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^b   Mizutani, Taro ^a,b   Yamashita, Soichiro ^b   Tatekawa, Yukihiro ^b   Jinbo, Takahiro ^b   Tanaka, Makoto ^b  

^a University of Tsukuba ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchospasm; Infant; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LARYNGOMALACIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRONCHIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42649126348     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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