title: [Retrosternal novocaine blockade in the treatment of severe forms of bronchial asthma and status asthmaticus].
abstract: Retrosternal procaine blockade with a 0.25% procaine solution, using a bent needle, 15-18 cm long, at the moment of bronchial asthma attack made it possible to arrest the attack in 25 patients, in 6 cases a considerable improvement of the patients' conditions was observed and in 4 patients there was no therapeutic effect. Retrosternal administration of 80-120 ml of a 0.25% procaine solution promotes to the improvement of respiration parameters, hemodynamics, blood gas composition. The procedure is simple and low traumatic.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Plashchevskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D011343:Procaine; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000628:therapy*; D013249:Sternum
chemical_list: D011343:Procaine
vernacular_title: Zagrudinnaia novokainovaia blokada v lechenii tiazhelykh form bronkhial'noĭ astmy i asmaticheskogo statusa.