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Experience with use of extracorporeal life support for severe refractory status asthmaticus in children

INTRODUCTION: Severe status asthmaticus (SA) in children may require intubation and mechanical ventilation with a subsequent increased risk of death. In the patient with SA and refractory hypercapnoeic respiratory failure, use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has been anecdotally reported for c...

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Autores principales: Hebbar, Kiran B, Petrillo-Albarano, Toni, Coto-Puckett, Wendy, Heard, Micheal, Rycus, Peter T, Fortenberry, James D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19254379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7735