[Intravenous theophylline in the treatment of asthma attacks].
Intravenous administration of theophylline for acute asthmatic attacks treatment requires statistical adjustment of the dosage. In the absence of a residual level the former one is of 6 mg/kg for the loading dose and 0.6 mg/kg/h for the maintenance dose. In case of non estimated residual rate, it's possible either not to use the loading dose, or to use a reduced dosage of 3 mg/kg. In both cases, the maintenance dose is 0.7 mg/kg/h. In future, rapid theophylline dosage technics should allow a more appropriate adaptation in emergency treatment.
Blaive
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B
Service de Pneumologie Réanimation Respiratoire, CHU, Nice.
Lemoigne
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F
Clary
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C
Bonnaud
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F
D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D013806:Theophylline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000097:blood
D013806:Theophylline
La théophylline par voie intra-veineuse dans le traitement des attaques d'asthme.