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Asthma and isoflurane
Author(s) -
GRIFFITHS D.E.,
MATTHEWS A.J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1993.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - medicine , isoflurane , asthma , exacerbation , mechanical ventilation , asthma exacerbations , anesthesia , acute severe asthma , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , respiratory disease , lung
Summary We present a case report of a young child who had developed severe asthma by the age of 18 months and, in whom an acute exacerbation, required successful prolonged mechanical ventilation with isoflurane when conventional treatment had failed.