Ketamine by continuous infusion in status asthmaticus.
Anaesthesia
; 41(10): 1017-9, 1986 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-3789345
ABSTRACT
A 13-year-old girl was admitted to the intensive care unit with status asthmaticus. Conventional bronchodilator therapy failed to relieve her bronchospasm. In order to try and avoid artificial ventilation, a continuous intravenous infusion of ketamine was used with success. The total dose rate was 40 micrograms/kg minute for a period of 8 hours; this was given at a decreasing rate. She regained consciousness 30 minutes after the end of the infusion and became well orientated after one hour. Ketamine is a useful drug in the intensive treatment of status asthmaticus and should be tried before a decision is taken to start mechanical ventilation.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Asma
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Estado Asmático
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Hipnóticos e Sedativos
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Ketamina
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anaesthesia
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article