Acute asthma exacerbations: phenotypes and management.

Abstract excerpt

Acute asthma presentations account for 2 million emergency department visits annually in the United States. The causes for these presentations range from undertreated or unrecognized disease, to exacerbations of stable disease usually caused by recent exposure to triggers of exacerbations, to severe disease states unresponsive to conventional therapy. Indeed, many of these patients often exhibit both acute and...

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Adrenergic beta-Agonists
• Anti-Asthmatic Agents
• Asthma
• Humans
• Phenotype
• Severity of Illness Index