Management of life-threatening asthma in adults

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-15

  Mannam, Praveen ^a   Siegel, Mark D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchodilators; Corticosteroids; Dynamic hyperinflation; Fatal asthma; Mechanical ventilation; Near fatal asthma; Permissive hypercapnia; Respiratory failure; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOTHANE; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LEVALBUTEROL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; PIRBUTEROL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; ZAFIRLUKAST; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BAROTRAUMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; METERED DOSE INHALER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ASTHMATIC STATE; LUNG; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 76149098959     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609350866     Document Type: Review

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