All patients with asthma are at risk of having exacerbations. Hospitalizations and emergency
department (ED) visits account for a large proportion of the health-care cost burden of …

Acute severe asthma remains a major economic and health burden. The natural history of
acute decompensations is one of resolution and only about 0.4% of patients succumb …

Background The British Thoracic Society (BTS) published the guideline,'The use of non-
invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure', in 2002. 1 This was in response to trials …

Acute viral bronchiolitis is one of the most common medical emergency situations in infancy,
and physicians caring for acutely ill children will regularly be faced with this condition. In this …

Acute exacerbations of asthma can lead to respiratory failure requiring ventilatory
assistance. Noninvasive ventilation may prevent the need for endotracheal intubation in …

Background Helium and oxygen mixtures (heliox), have been used sporadically in
respiratory medicine for decades. Their use in acute respiratory emergencies such as …

Despite advancing knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of asthma, asthma
morbidity and mortality are on the rise. To help avert this trend, clinicians and patients must …

About 10% of American children have asthma, and its prevalence, morbidity, and mortality
have been increasing. Asthma is an inflammatory disease with edema, bronchial …

Background Acute severe asthma induces marked alterations in respiratory mechanics,
characterized by a critical limitation of expiratory flow and a heterogeneous and reversible …

Objectives: To assess the effects of breathing a low-density gas mixture on dyspnea and the
pulsus paradoxus in children with status asthmaticus. Design: In an urban academic tertiary …