Life-threatening asthma with dramatic resolution
Details
Serval ID
serval:BIB_FF2A39D0FBBA
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Life-threatening asthma with dramatic resolution
Journal
Chest
ISSN
0012-3692 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/1993
Volume
104
Number
2
Pages
616-8
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article --- Old month value: Aug
Journal Article --- Old month value: Aug
Abstract
The speed of onset of an asthma attack can be highly variable. Recent studies have tried to characterize a subgroup of patients with life-threatening asthma that occurs suddenly but often regresses very rapidly under treatment. We had the opportunity to observe the evolution of two asthmatic women hospitalized with extremely severe respiratory acidosis. One of them required immediate orotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation during 13 h. The results of her pulmonary function tests were normal 35 h after admission. The second woman's condition improved so rapidly under treatment that she did not require intubation and mechanical ventilation. These observations suggest that bronchospasm might play an important role in the pathophysiology of transient life-threatening asthma.
Keywords
Acute Disease
Adult
Asthma/*complications/therapy
Coma/*etiology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pubmed
Web of science
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