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GUNARS Medins, MD
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

JAMA. 1985;254(10):1312.

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To the Editor.—

With great distress I noted in A PIECE OF MY MIND that Dr Elkins¹ treated the severely asthmatic and ultimately dying child with β-blockers. This class of medications is contraindicated in bronchospastic conditions and may have significantly contributed to the boy's demise.

Perhaps the guinea fowl should have been considered as a bribe after all—a bribe to review, reconsider, and change the previously administered treatment. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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