BACKGROUND: The clinical literature on the indicence and subsequent mortality of asthma
has come primarily from the experience of large tertiary referral centers, particularly in …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the characteristics, trends in management (permissive
hypercapnia; mechanical ventilation (MV); neuromuscular blockade) and their impact on …

Severe asthma exacerbations, including near-fatal asthma (NFA), have high morbidity and
mortality. Mechanical ventilation of patients with severe asthma is difficult due to the complex …

The role for anticholinergic medications in acute asthma is not well-defined. Thus, the use of
therapy with anticholinergics and β 2-agonists, either simultaneously or in sequence, has …

Recent literature on paediatric status asthmaticus (PSA) confirms an increasing percentage
of admissions to paediatric intensive care units. PSA is a medical emergency that can be …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Asthma heterogeneity causes difficulty in studying and
treating the disease. We built a comprehensive statewide repository linking questionnaire …

Status asthmaticus is a life-threatening episode of asthma that is refractory to usual therapy.
Recent studies report an increase in the severity and mortality associated with asthma. In the …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the design features, utilization, and outcomes of a protocol treating
children with status asthmaticus with continuous albuterol in the inpatient setting …

Acute severe asthma: Differences in therapies and outcomes a... : Critical Care Medicine
Acute severe asthma: Differences in therapies and outcomes among pediatric intensive …

Objective: To determine if the addition of intravenous terbutaline provides any clinical benefit
to children with acute severe asthma already on continuous high-dose nebulized albuterol …