Risk factors for near-fatal asthma A case-control study in hospitalized patients with asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6 PART I, 1998, Pages 1804-1809

  Turner, Mark O ^a   Noertjojo, Kuku ^a   Vedal, Sverre ^a   Bai, Tony ^a   Crump, Susan ^a   Fitzgerald, J Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FENOTEROL; METHACHOLINE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031862420     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.6.9708092     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. FitzGerald, J. M., and P. T. Macklem. 1995. Proceedings of a workshop on near fatal asthma. Can. Respir. J. 2:113-126.
2. FitzGerald, J. M., and P. T. Macklem. 1996. Fatal asthma. Annu. Rev. Med. 47:161-168.
3. Weiss, K. B., P. J. Gergen, and D. K. Wagener. 1993. Breathing better or wheezing worse? The changing epidemiology of asthma morbidity and mortality. Annu. Rev. Public Health 14:491-513.
4. Spitzer, W. O., S. Suissa, P. Ernst, R. I. Horowitz, B. Habbick, D. Cockcroft, J.-F. Boivin, M. McNutt, A. S. Buist, and A. S. Rebuck. 1992. The use of ß-agonists and the risk of death and near-death from asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 326:501-506.
5. Burgess, C., N. Pearce, R. Thiruchelvam, R. Wilkinson, C. Linaker, K. Woodman, J. Crane, and R. Beasley. 1994. Prescribed drug therapy and near-fatal asthma attacks. Eur. Respir. J. 7:498-503.
6. Ernst, P., W. O. Spitzer, S. Suissa, D. Cockcroft, B. Habbick, R. I. Horwitz, J.-F. Boivin, M. McNutt, and A. S. Buist. 1992. Risk of fatal and near-fatal asthma in relation to inhaled corticosteroid use. J.A.M.A. 268:3462-3464.
7. Garrett, J. E., S. Lanes, J. Kolbe, and H. H. Rea. 1995. Risk of severe life-threatening asthma (SLTA) and death and type of prescribed ß-agonist (abstract). Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 151(Suppl.2):A472.
8. Beasley, R., N. Pearce, and J. Crane. 1993. Use of near fatal asthma for investigating asthma deaths. Thorax 48:1093-1094.
9. Burney, P. G., C. Luczynska, S. Chinn, and D. Jarvis. 1994. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Eur. Respir. J. 7:954-960.
10. Cockcroft, D. W., D. N. Killian, J. Dolovich, and F. E. Hargreave. 1977. Bronchial reactivity to inhaled histamine: a method and survey. Clin. Allergy 7:235-243.
11. Borg, G. A. 1982. Psychophysical basis of perceived exertion. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 14:377-381.
12. Richards, G. N., J. Kolbe, J. Fenwick, and H. H. Rea. 1993. Demographic characteristics of patients with severe life threatening asthma: comparison with asthma deaths. Thorax 48:1105-1109.
13. Rea, H. H., R. Scragg, R. Jackson, R. Beaglehole, J. Fenwick, and D. C. Sutherland. 1986. A case-control study of deaths from asthma. Thorax 41:833-839.
14. Crane,J., N. Pearce, A. Flatt, C. Burgess, R. Jackson, T. Kwong, M. Ball, and R. Beasley. 1989. Prescribed fenoterol and death from asthma in New Zealand, 1981-83: a case-control study. Lancet i:917-922.
15. Campbell, D. A., G. McLennan, J. R. Coates, P. A. Frith, P. A. Gluyas, K. M. Latimer, A. J. Martin, D. M. Roder, R. E. Ruffin, D. Scarce, and P. M. Yellowlees. 1993. Near fatal asthma attacks: the reliability of descriptive information collected from close acquaintances. Thorax 48:1099-1104.
16. Suissa, S., L. Blais, and P. Ernst. 1994. Patterns of increasing ß-agonist use and the risk of fatal and near-fatal asthma. Eur. Respir. J. 7:1602-1609.
17. Robin, E. D., and M. D. McCauley. 1992. Sudden cardiac death in bronchial asthma, and inhaled beta-adrenergic agonists. Chest 101:1699-1702.
18. Molfino, N. A., L. J. Nannini, A. N. Martelli, and A. S. Slutsky. 1991. Respiratory arrest in near-fatal asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 324:285-288.
19. FitzGerald, J. M., and A. Grunfeld. 1996. Status asthmaticus. In L. M. Lichtenstein and A. S. Fauci, editors. Current Therapy in Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. 5th Ed. C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. 63-68.
20. Gelber, L., L. H. Seltzer, J. K. Bouzoukis, S. M. Pollart, M. D. Chapman, and T. A. E. Platts-Mills. 1993. Sensitizing and exposure to indoor allergens as risk factors for asthma among patients presenting to hospital. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 147:573-578.
21. O'Hollaren, M. T., J. W. Yunginger, K. P. Offord, M. J. Somers, E. J. O'Connell, D. J. Ballard, and M. I. Sachs. 1991. Exposure to an aeroallergen as a possible precipitating factor in respiratory arrest in young patients with asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 324:359-363.
22. von Mutius, E., S. Illi, T. Nicolai, and F. D. Martinez. 1996. Relation of indoor heating with asthma, allergic sensitisation, and bronchial responsiveness: survey of children in South Bavaria. B.M.J. 312:1448-1450.
23. Wasserfallen, J.-B., M. O. D. Schaller, F. Fehl, and C. H. Perret. 1990. Sudden asphyxic asthma: a distinct entity? Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 142: 108-111.
24. Awadh, N., S. Chu, A. Grunfeld, K. Simpson, and J. M. FitzGerald. 1996. Comparison of males and females presenting with acute asthma to the emergency department. Respir. Med. 90:485-489.
25. Kikuchi, Y., S. Okabe, G. Tamura, W. Hida, M. Homma, K. Shivato, and T. Takishima. 1994. Chemosensitivity and perception of dyspnoea in patients with a history of near-fatal asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 330:1329-1334.
26. Kolbe, J., M. Vamos, F. James, G. Elkind, G. Richards, and J. Garrett. 1995. Assessment of practical knowledge of self-management of acute asthma. Chest 50:303-311.
27. Sibbald, B. 1989. Patient self-care in acute asthma. Thorax 44:97-101.
28. FitzGerald, J. M., D. Swan, and M. O. Turner. 1992. The role of asthma education. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 147:855-856.
29. Boulet, L. P., K. Chapman, L. Green, and J. M. FitzGerald. 1994. Asthma education. Chest 106(Suppl.)184S-197S.
30. Turner, M. O., S. Crump, G. R. Contreras, J. M. FitzGerald. 1994. The challenge of delivering asthma education to a high risk group (abstract). Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 149(Suppl. 2)A251.
31. FitzGerald, J. M. 1994. Psychosocial barriers to asthma education. Chest 106(Suppl.)260S-263S.
32. Marquette, C. H., F. Saulnier, O. LeRoy, B. Wallaert, C. Chopin, J. M. DeMarcq, A. Durocher, and A. B. Tonnel. 1992. Long term prognosis in near fatal asthma. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 146:76-81.
33. Pedersen, B., R. Dahl, R. Kalstrom, C. G. B. Peterson, and P. Venge. 1996. Eosinophil and neutrophil activity in asthma in a one-year trial with inhaled budesonide: the impact of smoking. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 153:1519-1529.
34. Awadh, N., N. L. Muller, C. S. Park, R. T. Abboud, and J. M. FitzGerald. 1998. Airway wall thickness in patients with near fatal asthma and control groups: assessment with high resolution computed tomography. Thorax (In press)
35. Ernst, P., J. M. FitzGerald, and S. Spier, Editors. 1996. Canadian Asthma Guidelines: report form a consensus workshop. Can. Respir. J. 3:89-100.
36. FitzGerald, J. M., P. Ernst, and S. Spier. 1996. Evidence-based asthma guidelines. Chest 110:1382-1383.