[Risk factors and the prevention of status asthmaticus in bronchial asthma patients]

For a 10 year period 1005 patients with bronchial asthma were treated. 203 (20.19%) of these patients, from 17 up to 71 years of age (mean age 44.2 years) and duration of the disease from 2 up to 28 years, had been in asthmatic state. For this 10 year period 72 (35.46%) of these 203 patients had been in asthmatic state from 2 to 7 times with an interval of 1.5 to 3.5 years. The asthmatic state is a frequent and severe complication of bronchial asthma sometimes with lethal outcome. As risk factors for the development of asthmatic state in asthmatic patients can be pointed out the insufficient treatment of the asthmatic attacks before admittance to the hospital, ill founded corticosteroid treatment and late search for medical help. The antibiotic therapy in patients with an asthmatic attack due to pulmonary infection influences favourably the bronchial obstructive syndrome and is the best prophylaxis of asthmatic state parallel with founded corticosteroid treatment, well organized prophylactic medical care and improvement of the medical knowledge of asthmatic patients.