Over the course of the next 12 hours, the
terbutaline infusion was increased to 0.6 mcg/
kg/min while the continuous nebulization of
albuterol was decreased to 15 mg/hr. His condition
remained essentially unchanged for the next
48 hours, so azithromycin was added empirically
for the possibility of mycoplasma pneumonitis as
a complicating factor.