Setting: A pediatric ICU (PICU) of a tertiary care university hospital. Patients: Seventeen children with LTA who received sodium bicarbonate. Measurements and results: In January 1999, a new ...

Someone suffers from a potentially life-threatening asthma attack every 10 seconds, the NHS says, and asthma attacks kill three people in the UK each day. James thinks doctors need to give asthma ...

Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA First of all, asthma is a potentially life threatening situation when you have a severe acute attack. It closes the airways and makes people feel like they are breathing ...

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which can range from mild discomfort to life-threatening complications,” he explained. To prevent such exacerbations, it is crucial for individuals with asthma or bronchitis to avoid ...

We did not use lung function tests or a scoring system to assess the severity of asthma before and after the administration of sodium bicarbonate. Lung function is, of course, unreliable in acute ...