Aspergillushypersensitivity and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with acute severe asthma in a respiratory intensive care unit in North India

Mycoses ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritesh Agarwal ◽  
Alok Nath ◽  
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal ◽  
Dheeraj Gupta ◽  
Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis ◽  
North India ◽  
Acute Severe Asthma ◽  
Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

scholarly journals Acute Severe Asthma in Adolescent and Adult Patients: Current Perspectives on Assessment and Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostakou ◽  
Kaniaris ◽  
Filiou ◽  
Vasileiadis ◽  
Katsaounou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
Severe Exacerbation ◽  
Flow Variable ◽  
Acute Severe Asthma ◽  
Asthma Exacerbations

Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease that is associated with variable expiratory flow, variable respiratory symptoms, and exacerbations which sometimes require hospitalization or may be fatal. It is not only patients with severe and poorly controlled asthma that are at risk for an acute severe exacerbation, but this has also been observed in patients with otherwise mild or moderate asthma. This review discusses current aspects on the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of acute severe asthma exacerbations and provides the current perspectives on the management of acute severe asthma attacks in the emergency department and the intensive care unit.

External Chest Compression in the Management of Acute Severe Asthma—A Technique in Search of Evidence

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm M. Fisher ◽  
Anne P. Whaley ◽  
Roger R. Pye
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Chest Compression ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Prehospital Setting ◽  
Acute Severe Asthma ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
External Chest Compression

AbstractCompelling anecdotal evidence exists for the potentially lifesaving benefits of mechanical external chest compression (MECC), but no published trials of the technique exist. The history and technique for MECC are discussed and illustrated by a case report. Although the technique is not discussed in the Resuscitation Guideline 2000, and the need for it within the intensive care unit has reduced, the use of MECC will have its greatest impact when initiated in the prehospital setting for patients suffering from severe, sudden-onset, asphyxic asthma.

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