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Helium-Oxygen Therapy for Infants With Bronchiolitis

In K. Kim, MD, MBA; Erin Phrampus, MD, MPH; Kendra Sikes, EIT; John Pendleton, MD; Al Saville, RT; Timothy Corcoran, PhD; Ed Gracely, PhD; Shekhar Venkataraman, MD Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2011, 165(12):1115-1122

Comment

Very sick children with acute bronchiolitis occasionally end up in the ICU under the care of adult intensivists and emergency physicians.

 

This randomised trial provides some early evidence that helium-oxygen mixture can help.  Larger studies with more...


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The standard treatment including salbutamol and adrenaline nebs would be very much non standard in australia
Mark Hayden-24 Feb, 2012 03:09:12 PM