Case Reports
Vol 6, No 3 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2010.3.32

Case report: emergency treatment of near-fatal acute asthma

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Received: 15 February 2013
Published: 18 September 2010
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Asthma, hyperresponsiveness, inflammatory disease

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Dario Lo Cigno
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
SC MeCAU e PS, Ospedale Torino Nord Emergenza San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
Vischia Federico
SC MeCAU e PS, Ospedale Torino Nord Emergenza San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
Antonio Sechi
SC MeCAU e PS, Ospedale Torino Nord Emergenza San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting small airways, associated with hyperresponsiveness, reversible airflow-limitation and respiratory symptoms. During exhacerbations, the symptoms severity may vary from mild dyspnea to fatal status asthmaticus. Non-invasive ventilation is a respiratory support method that in COPD has been used succesfully in the last 20 years; there is an increasingly interest about using non-invasive ventilation also in asthmatic patients. However, its role in status asthmaticus has not been yet established. In this article we report a case of a patient succesfully treated with non-invasive ventilation and we also review the literature about non-invasive ventilation in acute asthma

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Case report: emergency treatment of near-fatal acute asthma. (2010). Emergency Care Journal, 6(3), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2010.3.32

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