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Emergency Department Use of Ketamine in Pediatric Status Asthmaticus*

Toni Petrillo Critical Care Division, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, 1405 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Toni M. Petrillo Divisions of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
James D. Fortenberry Critical Care Division, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, 1405 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Jeffery F. Linzer Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
, M.D. &
Harold K. Simon Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
, M.D.
Pages 657-664 | Published online: 31 Dec 2001

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