Severe asthma and acute attacks: Diagnosis and management in adults and children
Date
2007
Authors
Kling S.
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Patients who continue to have symptoms with frequent attacks of asthma despite being adherent to treatment with multiple asthma medications, have severe asthma. Severe asthma has significant implications for the affected individual and utilise a disproportionate share of the health care costs associated with asthma.
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acetylsalicylic acid, adrenalin, aminophylline, antibiotic agent, beclometasone dipropionate, beta 2 adrenergic receptor stimulating agent, corticosteroid, dexamethasone, formoterol, hydrocortisone, infusion fluid, ipratropium bromide, leukotriene receptor blocking agent, magnesium sulfate, methylprednisolone, montelukast, prednisolone, prednisone, salbutamol, salmeterol, theophylline, acute disease, add on therapy, adult, adulthood, allergic rhinitis, asthma, child, childhood, combination chemotherapy, comorbidity, continuous infusion, corticosteroid therapy, disease classification, disease severity, drug dose increase, drug megadose, fatality, follow up, gastroesophageal reflux, health care cost, hospital discharge, human, low drug dose, lung function test, monotherapy, optimal drug dose, oxygen therapy, patient assessment, patient referral, physical examination, pulse rate, recommended drug dose, repeated drug dose, review, single drug dose, sinusitis, social psychology, thorax radiography, treatment indication, wheezing
Citation
South African Family Practice
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