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The admission of children with respiratory insufficiency, mainly by compromise of the lower airways is a common finding in our ICUs [1, 2,3]. The obstruction of the lower airways may be a consequence of many processes: congenital (cystic fibrosis), viral infectious disease (bronchopneumonia, bronchiolitis), microaspirations (pneumopathy by gastroesophageal reflux and/or sinusitis), pulmonary sequelae (bronchopulmonary dysplasia, post viral disease bronchiolopathy), chronic inflammation (asthma), and others [3].
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Piva, J.P., Amantéa, S., Garcia, P.C.R.R. (1996). Treatment of Severe Acute Asthma in the Child. In: Tibboel, D., van der Voort, E. (eds) Intensive Care in Childhood. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80227-0_29
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