Sevoflurane therapy for life-threatening asthma in children

BackgroundAsthma is a common disease in children and often develops early in life. This multicentre retrospective case series describe the use and effectiveness of sevoflurane inhalation therapy in a series of children with severe asthma in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).MethodsSeven children ranging from 4 to 13 yr of age admitted to the PICU of two tertiary care hospitals in the Netherlands were included. They all were admitted with...