title: Use of heliox to avoid intubation in a child with acute severe asthma and hypercapnia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Therapy, St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006371:Helium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D006371:Helium; C038949:heliox; D010100:Oxygen