status asthmaticus

Status asthmaticus is an emergency situation that can lead to death.

A severe asthma attack (called status asthmaticus) can be life-threatening.

These children are at increased risk for severe, life-threatening asthma attacks known as status asthmaticus.

A severe, potentially fatal episode of asthma is called status asthmaticus.

Status asthmaticus is a long-lasting and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment.

These include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and status asthmaticus.

It never amounted to what we term status asthmaticus, an attack so severe that the patient seems in danger of suffocating."

(2) Status asthmaticus with hypercapnea despite adequate ventilation required diagnosis by the contact physician.

Status asthmaticus can be fatal.

Children and adults who have had one or more severe, life-threatening asthma attacks (status asthmaticus) are at increased risk of death from asthma.

Treating an asthma attack as soon as or before it begins may prevent status asthmaticus or reduce its severity.

The pathologist found that death was due to natural causes and that the cause of death was status asthmaticus.

Patients' UpToDate: "Pathogenesis and management of status asthmaticus in adults."

Acute severe asthmatic episode (status asthmaticus)

Status asthmaticus is slightly more common in males and is more common among African Americans and Hispanics.

In my view they cannot alter the fact that the cause of death was status asthmaticus, a well known complication of asthma and sadly sometimes, as here, fatal.

(4) Pneumothorax complicating ARDS or status asthmaticus required diagnosis by the contact physician or radiologist.

Examples of traumatic events later in life include choking, drowning, strangulation, smoke inhalation, drug overdoses, crushing of the trachea, status asthmaticus, and shock.

Avoid respiratory stimulants in patients with epilepsy, IHD, acute severe asthma 'status asthmaticus', severe hypertension and thyrotoxicosis.

An acute, severe asthma attack that doesn't respond to usual use of inhaled bronchodilators and is associated with symptoms of potential respiratory failure is labeled status asthmaticus.

The gene locus glutathione dependent S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNOR) has been suggested as one possible correlation to development of status asthmaticus.

Acute severe asthma, previously known as status asthmaticus, is an acute exacerbation of asthma that does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators and corticosteroids.

To diagnose a severe asthma attack as actual status asthmaticus, your doctor will notice physical findings such as your consciousness, fatigue, and the use of accessory muscles of breathing.

Status asthmaticus is a severe form of asthma in which an asthma attack gets worse as it goes along and the medicines that are usually used to treat asthma do not work.

People who overuse short-acting beta2-agonists may feel their asthma is under control when, in fact, inflammation in the airways is becoming worse, putting them in danger of a severe, life-threatening attack (status asthmaticus).