title: [Intravenous theophylline in the treatment of asthma attacks].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie Réanimation Respiratoire, CHU, Nice.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blaive
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lemoigne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clary
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonnaud
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013806:Theophylline
vernacular_title: La théophylline par voie intra-veineuse dans le traitement des attaques d'asthme.