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. 2000 Jan-Feb;76(1):73-8.
doi: 10.2223/jped.36.

[Helium-Oxigen (Heliox) mixture in airway obstruction]

[Article in Portuguese]
C A Ulhôa  1 , L Larner
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[Helium-Oxigen (Heliox) mixture in airway obstruction]

[Article in Portuguese]
C A Ulhôa et al. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2000 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate the effectiveness and the good outcome of the patients treated with helium-oxygen (Heliox) mixture. This mixture (Heliox) has been used in patients with airway obstruction, from different ethiologies, who did not respond to a conventional treatment with oxygen. METHODS: Case report of five patients that received Heliox as treatment for airway obstruction. All of them had good results without side effects during the treatment. CONCLUSION: Heliox is a promising treatment for severe airway obstruction with good results in a short period of time, until the final treatment is established.

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