Asthma mortality associated with pneumothorax and intermittent positive-pressure breathing

Many patients with acute asthma are treated with intermittent positive-pressure breathing (I.P.P.B.) devices. The development of pneumothorax in two fatal cases and its association with I.P.P.B suggests that this complication may be an important hazard in the treatment of acute asthma.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1975-04, Vol.1 (7911), p.828-829
1. Verfasser:	Karetzky, M S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Aminophylline - therapeutic use Asthma - complications Asthma - drug therapy Asthma - mortality Asthma - therapy Bronchial Spasm - complications Bronchial Spasm - etiology Death, Sudden Epinephrine - therapeutic use Female Humans Hydrocortisone - therapeutic use Isoproterenol - therapeutic use Male Middle Aged Pneumothorax - complications Pneumothorax - etiology Positive-Pressure Respiration - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:	Many patients with acute asthma are treated with intermittent positive-pressure breathing (I.P.P.B.) devices. The development of pneumothorax in two fatal cases and its association with I.P.P.B suggests that this complication may be an important hazard in the treatment of acute asthma.
ISSN:	0140-6736