Fatal Doudenal Ulcer Bleeding in Status Asthmaticus Treated with Theophylline and Steroids
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 548-552, 1998.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-10409
ABSTRACT
It is generally agreed that theophylline preparations and steroids should be given intravenously for status asthmaticus. Theophylline can potentially have adverse gastrointestinal effects including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and hematemesis. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients treated with corticosteroids without a past history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding has been reported rarely. But the etiologic significance of the stress of status asthmaticus, administration of theophylline or corticosteroids in the development of ulcer has been open to question. We report a case of 8-year-old boy with status asthmaticus treated with these medications and later found to have a bleeding duodenal ulcer for which emergency surgery was necessary.
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Main subject:
Status Asthmaticus
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Steroids
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Theophylline
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Ulcer
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Vomiting
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Abdominal Pain
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Hematemesis
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Duodenal Ulcer
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Emergencies
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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