To determine the current management of acute asthma in the emergency department and to
evaluate outcome we reviewed the charts of 99 patients aged 15 to 55 years who presented …

The patient with acute asthma presents a clinical problem that most emergency physicians
encounter on a daily basis. Asthma currently affects 5% to 10% of the United States …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate various aspects of the management of adult patients who present
to the emergency department with acute exacerbations of asthma and who are discharged …

Objective This review presents a consensus on the emergency management of adult
asthma. Management is discussed under six headings: assessment, asthma treatment …

The clinical presentation of an acute asthma exacerbation varies considerably, from the
mildest of perceived symptoms with little objective evidence to the dramatic presentation of …

We conducted a three-month prospective study on the profile of 70 acute adult asthmatic
patients presenting to the Accident and Emergency Unit of a general hospital. The overall …

Recent controversies examining the management of acute asthma prompted us to
investigate whether there had been any significant changes in our management practices …

The study objective was to asssess Canadian emergency physicians for their management
preferences and their compliance with recently developed guidelines for treatment of acute …

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The assessment and treatment of 140 randomly selected patients with acute asthma
admitted to hospitals in Birmingham and Manchester in 1978 were studied. A detailed …