**Summary** We describe the use of intravenous boluses of salbutamol given rapidly (over 1โ2โmin) in children (5โ__ยต__g.kg^โ1^) and young adults (250โ__ยต__g) with acute severe asthma who were not improving with doses of nebulised salbutamol. Intravenous boluses were repeated within a short time unti
Use of intravenous salbutamol in acute severe asthma
โ Scribed by Gary J. Browne; Barry H. Wilkins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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