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A 23-year-old female patient, known to be asthmatic since childhood and on regular inhalers, developed breathlessness at work. Several puffs of salbutamol failed to relieve the symptoms, and she rapidly went on to have wheezing and restlessness followed by air hunger. She was brought to the emergency department.
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Mani, R.K. (2020). Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Airway Diseases. In: Chawla, R., Todi, S. (eds) ICU Protocols. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0898-1_8
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