Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection

Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection

Acute severe bronchospasm is an emergency situation and sometimes these children may fail to respond to conventional treatment and deteriorate rapidly to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. We present a case of 2-year-old girl, who presented with severe bronchospasm resulting in re...

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Main Authors: Amit eAgrawal, Jyotsna eShrivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
Ketamine
wheezing
H1N1 infection
bronchospasm
acute severe asthma
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2014.00024/full
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spelling doaj-138ca4dbd8f94a55848815e21fc136af2020-11-25T00:14:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602014-04-01210.3389/fped.2014.0002487904Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infectionAmit eAgrawal0Jyotsna eShrivastava1Gandhi Medical College & Hamidia HospitalGandhi Medical College & Hamidia HospitalAcute severe bronchospasm is an emergency situation and sometimes these children may fail to respond to conventional treatment and deteriorate rapidly to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. We present a case of 2-year-old girl, who presented with severe bronchospasm resulting in respiratory failure not responding to conventional management including mechanical ventilation and was found to be H1N1 positive. She was treated with ketamine infusion, which led to prompt improvement in airway obstruction.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2014.00024/fullKetaminewheezingH1N1 infectionbronchospasmacute severe asthma
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Jyotsna eShrivastava
Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Ketamine
wheezing
H1N1 infection
bronchospasm
acute severe asthma
author_facet Amit eAgrawal
Jyotsna eShrivastava
author_sort Amit eAgrawal
title Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
title_short Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
title_full Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
title_fullStr Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
title_full_unstemmed Intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by H1N1 infection
title_sort intravenous ketamine for refractory bronchospasm precipitated by h1n1 infection
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Pediatrics
issn 2296-2360
publishDate 2014-04-01
description Acute severe bronchospasm is an emergency situation and sometimes these children may fail to respond to conventional treatment and deteriorate rapidly to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. We present a case of 2-year-old girl, who presented with severe bronchospasm resulting in respiratory failure not responding to conventional management including mechanical ventilation and was found to be H1N1 positive. She was treated with ketamine infusion, which led to prompt improvement in airway obstruction.
topic Ketamine
wheezing
H1N1 infection
bronchospasm
acute severe asthma
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2014.00024/full
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