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"Acute" asthma in adults.

D Bellamy, J V Collins

    Thorax
    |February 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    Adults with severe asthma often experience prolonged wheezing before hospital admission. Improving home asthma management could prevent many emergency visits.

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    Area of Science:

    • Pulmonology
    • Clinical Medicine

    Background:

    • Acute severe asthma presents a significant healthcare burden.
    • Understanding the presentation and recovery patterns is crucial for effective management.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the clinical presentation and severity of acute severe asthma in adults.
    • To analyze the recovery patterns of adult patients hospitalized for acute severe asthma.

    Main Methods:

    • A prospective study of 44 adult patients admitted to a general hospital with acute severe asthma.
    • Assessment of clinical severity, duration of symptoms, and spirometric recovery over seven days for a subset of 11 patients.

    Main Results:

    • Most patients had poorly controlled wheezing for weeks before acute deterioration.

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  • Clinical severity was not linked to the duration of antecedent wheezing.
  • Recovery was slow, with patients reaching only 70% of predicted spirometric values after seven days; recovery rate was not influenced by prior wheezing history.

    • Conclusions:

    • Sudden deterioration in asthma is uncommon in emergency hospital admissions.
    • Enhanced routine home management of asthma may reduce hospital admissions.