Management of status asthmaticus in children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1417-1423

  Saharan, Sunil ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Kabra, Sushil K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Respiratory distress; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLXANTHINE; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; AGITATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUSHING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QT PROLONGATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE DISORDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WHEEZING; XEROSTOMIA;

CHILD; HUMANS; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 78651089117     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0189-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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