Life-threatening asthma with dramatic resolution

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_FF2A39D0FBBA
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Life-threatening asthma with dramatic resolution
Périodique
Chest
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Wasserfallen  J. B., Schaller  M. D., Perret  C. H.
ISSN
0012-3692 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
08/1993
Volume
104
Numéro
2
Pages
616-8
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article --- Old month value: Aug
Résumé
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.
Mots-clé
Acute Disease Adult Asthma/*complications/therapy Coma/*etiology Female Humans Middle Aged
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 14:12
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