Severe asthma management
Haney Mallemat recounts a story of an asthmatic who minutes after he was intubated, became bradycardic, hypertensive and coded.
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Susan C. Dees
Susan C. Dees (1909 - 2001) was an American pediatrician. First female division chief and first full professor at Duke Medical Center
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Paediatric Asthma
See RCH Melbourne Guidelines: Acute Asthma Asthma discharge pack Asthma devices photoboard Using a puffer and spacer to treat acute asthma
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and asthma
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is widely used for severe asthma in Australasia yet remains a controversial topic
Bronchospastic BP Badness
A young man has been intubated for severe asthma. Now his blood pressure is heading for the floor. What are you going to do about it? Think you can save a life?
RAGEback: Weingart and co on Asthma
RAGEback on RAGE III discussion of severe life-threatening acute asthma. Mary Shue on THAM, Greg Miller on lignocaine; Scott Weingart on NIV.
RAGE Session Three
Rage Session III features 'What's bubbling up?', acute life-threatening asthma, 'medical reversal', Ether and so-called words of wisdom.
Case of Acute Severe Asthma
A 25-year-old lady Miss. Poor Compliance is rushed into your Emergency Department as a Priority 1. She is a brittle asthmatic and has been given 3x 5mg salbutamol nebs, and 0.5mg of adrenaline IM prehospital. On arrival Miss PC is…