Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Acute Severe Asthma

  • Chapter
Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care

  • 268 Accesses

Abstract

The response to initial treatment is an important predictor of a patient’s course. Patients whose peak expiratory flow rates increase significantly within 2 hours of bronchodilator therapy in the emergency department have a lower incidence of hospital admission and are unlikely to require admission to the ICU.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 74.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Selected References

  1. Corbridge TC, Hall JB. The assessment and management of adults with status asthmaticus.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;151:1296–1316.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Marii J. Should PEEP be used in airflow obstruction. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989;140:1–3.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. McFadden. Dosages of corticosteroids in asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993; 147:1306–1310.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Meduri GU, Cook TR, Hirner RE, Cohen M, Leeper KV. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in status asthmaticus. Chest. 1996;110:767–774.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Petrof BJ, Legare M, Goldberg P, Milic-Emili J, Gottfried SB. Continuous positive airway pressure reduces work of breathing and dyspnea during weaning from mechanical ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990;141:281–289.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Tiixen DV. Detrimental effects of positive end-expiratory pressure during controlled mechanical ventilation of patients with severe airflow obstruction. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989;140:5–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Hixen D, Lane S. The effects of ventilatory pattern on hyperinflation, airways pressures, and circulation in mechanical ventilation of patients with severe airflow obstruction. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987;136:872–879.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Weinberger M, Hendeles L. Theophylline in asthma. N Engl J Med. 1996; 334:1380–1388.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Critical Care Medicine, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1400 Locust Street, 15219-5166, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Paul Ellis Marik MD, MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM

Authors
  1. Paul Ellis Marik MD, MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2001 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Marik, P.E. (2001). Acute Severe Asthma. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86943-3_8

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86943-3_8

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-78093-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-86943-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation