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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... |
