Response to ketamine in status asthmaticus resistant to maximal medical treatment.

Hemming, A; MacKenzie, I; Finfer, S · Thorax · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The case is reported of a 28 year old woman with status asthmaticus unresponsive to three days of maximal medical treatment. Resolution of bronchospasm was achieved with an infusion of the intravenous anaesthetic agent ketamine.

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