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An 18-Year-Old with Severe Asthma Is Brought into the Emergency

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An 18-year-old with severe asthma is brought into the emergency department on an nonrebreathing mask; he is in acute respiratory distress.He has been given multiple rounds of bronchodilators and corticosteroids and is still in distress,with an SpO₂ of 85% on the nonrebreathing mask.What therapy should the respiratory care practitioner suggest to the physician at this time?


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