Challenging case of severe acute asthma in a mechanically ventilated patient managed with sevoflurane

Abstract

Abstract Acute severe bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by hyperresponsiveness of the airways leading to bronchoconstriction. We present a case of refractory life‐threatening bronchial asthma that was managed with sevoflurane gas along with the standard treatment and achieved stability and clinical improvement through its bronchodilator and anesthetic effect.

Keywords

• asthma
• bronchodilators
• corticosteroids
• inhalation anesthesia
• sevoflurane