Volatile anesthetic rescue therapy in children with acute asthma: Innovative but costly or just costly?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-350

  Char, Danton S ^a   Ibsen, Laura M ^b   Ramamoorthy, Chandra ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Rescue therapy; Status asthmaticus; Volatile (inhalational) anesthetics

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HELIOX; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; METHYLXANTHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HELIUM; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; IPRATROPIUM; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877770838     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182772e29     Document Type: Article

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