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Asthma in children: emergency management
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|January 1, 1987
Insights
This review covers asthma pathophysiology and emergency treatments. It also presents predictors of outcomes for childhood asthma episodes.
Area of Science:
- Pulmonology
- Pediatric Medicine
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Asthma involves complex pathophysiological alterations affecting airways.
- Emergency interventions are crucial for managing acute asthma exacerbations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the pathophysiology of asthma.
- To outline emergency pharmacological treatments for asthma.
- To present predictors of outcomes in pediatric asthma episodes.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of asthma pathophysiology.
- Compilation of available emergency pharmacological agents.
- Analysis of studies on predictors of outcome in childhood asthma.
Main Results:
- Detailed overview of asthma-related pathophysiological changes.
- Summary of key pharmacological agents for acute asthma management.
- Identification of factors influencing asthma episode outcomes in children.
Conclusions:
- Understanding asthma pathophysiology guides emergency treatment.
- Appropriate pharmacological interventions improve acute asthma care.
- Predictors of outcome aid in managing pediatric asthma episodes effectively.
Abstract:
We review the pathophysiological alterations at work in asthma and outline pharmacological agents that are available for emergency therapeutic intervention, offering some general principles for management. A combined overview of predictors of outcome in asthmatic episodes in children also is presented.