[Characteristics of the clinical course and therapy of status asthmaticus]

The increase in the incidence of the status asthmaticus seen over the last years is caused by the growth of the prevalence and a graver course of bronchial asthma. In each specific case, the therapy should be strictly individualized and rest on the dynamic evaluation of the cardiorespiratory system. The majority of patients with a history of the status asthmaticus show a tendency toward its recurrence. The dispensary follow up of patients by means of the allergological rooms plays an important role in the prevention of the development of the status asthmaticus. The clinical manifestations of the status asthmaticus depend to a considerable degree on the previously applied treatment.