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  • Title: [Artificial respiration of patients with status asthmaticus--clinical course, complications and follow-up].
    Author: Karg O, Weber N.
    Journal: Pneumologie; 1990 Feb; 44 Suppl 1():659-60. PubMed ID: 2367494.
    Abstract:
    In a retrospective analysis the clinical data of 33 patients ventilated for asthma bronchiale, were compared. Hypercapnia was the most frequent indication for ventilation. Average duration of ventilation was 7.7 days. The incidence of complications was high, infections and neurological disturbances being particularly frequent. Mortality was 18%.
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