Strategies for Critical Asthma
Learning Objectives
Apply ICU‑specific escalation strategies for children with critical asthma
Select and titrate systemic β‑agonist therapy safely and effectively
Identify appropriate roles and limitations of magnesium, heliox, and NIPPV
Implement safe intubation and ventilation strategies in severe asthma
Manage refractory asthma using inhaled anesthetic rescue therapy
Author(s)
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Elliot Melendez, MD
Chief, Pediatric Critical Care | Connecticut Children's
Asstant Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care | Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Physician | Boston Children's Hospital
Physician | Massachusetts General Hospital
Citation
Melendez E, Wolbrink TA. Strategies for Critical Asthma. 9/2012. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/2984/strategies-for-critical-asthma.