NDLI: Clinical review: Severe asthma

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Author	Papiris, Spyros Kotanidou, Anastasia Malagari, Katerina Roussos, Charis
Abstract	Severe asthma, although difficult to define, includes all cases of difficult/therapy-resistant disease of all age groups and bears the largest part of morbidity and mortality from asthma. Acute, severe asthma, status asthmaticus, is the more or less rapid but severe asthmatic exacerbation that may not respond to the usual medical treatment. The narrowing of airways causes ventilation perfusion imbalance, lung hyperinflation, and increased work of breathing that may lead to ventilatory muscle fatigue and life-threatening respiratory failure.Treatment for acute, severe asthma includes the administration of oxygen, β2-agonists (by continuous or repetitive nebulisation), and systemic corticosteroids. Subcutaneous administration of epinephrine or terbutaline should be considered in patients not responding adequately to continuous nebulisation, in those unable to cooperate, and in intubated patients not responding to inhaled therapy. The exact time to intubate a patient in status asthmaticus is based mainly on clinical judgment, but intubation should not be delayed once it is deemed necessary. Mechanical ventilation in status asthmaticus supports gas-exchange and unloads ventilatory muscles until aggressive medical treatment improves the functional status of the patient. Patients intubated and mechanically ventilated should be appropriately sedated, but paralytic agents should be avoided. Permissive hypercapnia, increase in expiratory time, and promotion of patient-ventilator synchronism are the mainstay in mechanical ventilation of status asthmaticus. Close monitoring of the patient's condition is necessary to obviate complications and to identify the appropriate time for weaning. Finally, after successful treatment and prior to discharge, a careful strategy for prevention of subsequent asthma attacks is imperative.
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Page Count	15
Starting Page	1
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ISSN	13648535
DOI	10.1186/cc1451
Journal	Critical Care
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2001-11-22
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Intensive Critical Care Medicine Emergency Medicine difficult/therapy-resistant asthma dynamic hyperinflation fatal asthma permissive hypercapnia status asthmaticus
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Review
Subject	Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Journal Impact Factor	8.8/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	10.4/2023

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