Challenging case of severe acute asthma in a mechanically ventilated patient managed with sevoflurane

Satheesh Munusamy; Seyedeh Saba Nabavi Monfared; Phool Iqbal; Ahmed Lutfe Mohamad Abdussalam

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6571

Challenging case of severe acute asthma in a mechanically ventilated patient managed with sevoflurane

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 23;11(2):e6571. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6571. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Satheesh Munusamy¹, Seyedeh Saba Nabavi Monfared², Phool Iqbal³, Ahmed Lutfe Mohamad Abdussalam^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Emergency and Trauma Pharmacy Department Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University Doha Qatar.
³ Internal Medicine Department Metropolitan Hospital Center New York New York USA.
⁴ Hamad General Hospital Doha Qatar.
⁵ Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar Qatar.

Abstract

Acute severe bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by hyperresponsiveness of the airways leading to bronchoconstriction. We present a case of refractory life-threatening bronchial asthma that was managed with sevoflurane gas along with the standard treatment and achieved stability and clinical improvement through its bronchodilator and anesthetic effect.

Keywords: asthma; bronchodilators; corticosteroids; inhalation anesthesia; sevoflurane.

Publication types

Case Reports