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Management of life threatening asthma

17/10/2025 by Bob Dunn

The Management of life threatening asthma has had a number of minor updates.

Categories Updates Tags Respiratory
Asthma management
Types of nebulisation

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Contributors
Associate Professor Robert Dunn

Previous contributors
Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
Dr Stuart Dilley
Dr Jennifer Brookes
Associate Professor Deborah Leach

Formula of the day

Paediatric adenosine - 50 µg/kg first dose, 100 µg/kg second dose, 250 µg/kg third dose (max 12 mg)

Medical wisdom

Isolation of the ‘root cause’ of an accident is not possible. The evaluations based on such reasoning as ‘root cause’ do not reflect a technical understanding of the nature of failure but rather the social, cultural need to blame specific, localized forces or events for outcomes.

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US should change clinical care in the ED only when it is performed by someone

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