The management of the critically ill patients with asthma can be rather challenging.
Potentially devastating complications relating to this presentation include hypoxemia …

Acute respiratory failure is a common dilemma faced by pediatric critical care practitioners.
As many as two-thirds of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients will be admitted with a …

Objectives: Although noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is increasingly used for
respiratory distress, there is not much data supporting its use in children with status …

Objectives: To describe pediatric severe asthma care, complications, and outcomes to plan
for future prospective studies by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network …

Children with acute asthma exacerbations frequently present to an emergency department
with signs of respiratory distress. The most severe episodes are potentially life-threatening …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the clinical course, therapies, and outcomes of children with
fatal and near-fatal asthma admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). STUDY …

OBJECTIVE: Status asthmaticus accounts for a large portion of the morbidity and mortality
associated with asthma, but we know little about its epidemiology. We describe here the …

The precise definition of a severe asthmatic exacerbation is an issue that presents
difficulties. The term 'status asthmaticus' relates severity to outcome and has been used to …

Introduction Severe status asthmaticus (SA) in children may require intubation and
mechanical ventilation with a subsequent increased risk of death. In the patient with SA and …

Rationale: Over 20,000 children are hospitalized in the United States for asthma every year.
Although initial treatment guidelines are well established, there is a lack of high-quality …