[Status asthmaticus; experience in a pediatric intensive care unit].
Thirty children presenting status asthmaticus in fifty episodes were studied during a period of three and a half years. All of them showed acute respiratory failure secondary to asthma. The purpose was to evaluate treatment results and complications compared with a previous similar study conducted in our unit. We have noticed that there is a lower number of admissions for SA in our ICU and a different seasonal tendency. Precious treatment of asthmatic crisis selective inhaled beta 2 bronchodilators can prevent the ICU admission of an asthmatic patient.
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Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid.
Martínez Carrasco
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Ulloa Santamaría
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Lamamie de Clairac Delgado
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Goded Rambaud
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Gómez Alvarez
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García García
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents
Status asmático: experiencia en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos.