Nebulised DNase post-therapeutic bronchoalveolar lavage in near fatal asthma exacerbation in an adult patient refractory to conventional treatment

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chia, A C L ^a   Menzies, D ^b   McKeon, D J ^a,c  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DORNASE ALFA; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OXYGEN TENSION; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

EID: 84880631565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009661     Document Type: Article

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