Halothane treatment in life-threatening asthma

We analysed the case histories of 22 patients with life threatening asthma retrospectively. Fifteen patients needed mechanical ventilation. Three patients, all of them in cardiac arrest before or at the moment of admission, died. In five patients, halothane therapy was successfully used as a last re...

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Published in:	Intensive care medicine Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 241 - 246
Main Authors:	ROSSEEL, P, LAUWERS, L. F, BAUTE, L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Springer 01-01-1985 Berlin
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anesthesia, Inhalation Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Asthma - therapy Biological and medical sciences Emergency and intensive respiratory care Female Halothane - therapeutic use Humans Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Positive-Pressure Respiration Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - therapy Retrospective Studies Human Chemotherapy Treatment Respiratory failure Acute Asthma
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Summary:	We analysed the case histories of 22 patients with life threatening asthma retrospectively. Fifteen patients needed mechanical ventilation. Three patients, all of them in cardiac arrest before or at the moment of admission, died. In five patients, halothane therapy was successfully used as a last resort. No major complications occurred. Two case-reports are presented.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0342-4642 1432-1238
DOI:	10.1007/BF00260352