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Near-fatal asthma

N A Molfino1, A S Slutsky

  • 1Toronto Hospital Asthma Centre, Ontario, Canada.

The European Respiratory Journal
|May 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary
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This review highlights the increasing prevalence of severe asthma and identifies characteristics of patients at risk of fatal attacks. Early recognition and appropriate treatment are crucial for preventing asthma mortality.

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Area of Science:

  • Pulmonology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Acute severe asthma prevalence is rising globally.
  • Understanding near-fatal asthma improves severe asthma pathophysiology insights.
  • Physician recognition of life-threatening asthma attacks is critical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the prevention and treatment of fatality-prone asthmatics.
  • To identify characteristics and precipitating factors of near-fatal and fatal asthma attacks.
  • To discuss current emergency therapeutic approaches for severe asthma.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of data on prevention and treatment of fatality-prone asthmatics.
  • Analysis of characteristics identifying asthmatics prone to die.

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  • Review of precipitating factors for acute near-fatal and fatal asthma attacks.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified patient characteristics (e.g., previous admissions, therapy type) associated with fatal asthma.
    • Reviewed principal precipitating factors for acute near-fatal and fatal asthma attacks.
    • Discussed predisposing factors including non-compliance and inadequate preventive measures.

    Conclusions:

    • Increased understanding of near-fatal asthma pathophysiology can reduce asthma mortality.
    • Timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment of acute life-threatening asthma attacks are mandatory.
    • Current emergency treatments are based on pathophysiological findings in near-fatal asthma.