Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature

Management of status asthmaticus requires more than guidelines-guided therapy. Occasionally, uncommon therapeutic interventions and procedures may provide significant benefits. The role of bronchoscopy in fatal asthma is still not clearly defined. We illustrate two cases of severe status asthmaticus...

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Autores principales: Khan, Muhammad Faisal, Al Otair, Hadil A., Elgishy, Alaa F., Alzeer, Abdulaziz Hamad
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015139
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.115323
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Al Otair, Hadil A.
Elgishy, Alaa F.
Alzeer, Abdulaziz Hamad
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description Management of status asthmaticus requires more than guidelines-guided therapy. Occasionally, uncommon therapeutic interventions and procedures may provide significant benefits. The role of bronchoscopy in fatal asthma is still not clearly defined. We illustrate two cases of severe status asthmaticus on mechanical ventilation who showed remarkable improvement after therapeutic bronchoscopy.
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spelling pubmed-37578092013-09-06 Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature Khan, Muhammad Faisal Al Otair, Hadil A. Elgishy, Alaa F. Alzeer, Abdulaziz Hamad Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Management of status asthmaticus requires more than guidelines-guided therapy. Occasionally, uncommon therapeutic interventions and procedures may provide significant benefits. The role of bronchoscopy in fatal asthma is still not clearly defined. We illustrate two cases of severe status asthmaticus on mechanical ventilation who showed remarkable improvement after therapeutic bronchoscopy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3757809/ /pubmed/24015139 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.115323 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title_full Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title_fullStr Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title_short Bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: Two case reports and review of literature
title_sort bronchoscopy as a rescue therapy in patients with status asthmaticus: two case reports and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757809/
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