Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 15-2007. A 20-year-old woman with asthma and cardiorespiratory arrest

N Engl J Med. 2007 May 17;356(20):2083-91. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079006.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists / therapeutic use
  • Albuterol / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Asthma / drug therapy
  • Cause of Death*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology
  • Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumothorax / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Status Asthmaticus / complications
  • Status Asthmaticus / pathology*
  • Treatment Refusal

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents
  • Albuterol