ASTHMA - ANALYSIS OF INTUBATED PATIENTS OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD

Authors
KUROHARA ML KLAUSTERMEYER WB PLACIK IM
Citation
Ml. Kurohara et al., ASTHMA - ANALYSIS OF INTUBATED PATIENTS OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, Military medicine, 161(9), 1996, pp. 567-570
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
161
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
567 - 570
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1996)161:9<567:A-AOIP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Mortality rates for asthma have increased significantly since 1980. Du ring a 12-month period (1990) at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Cente r, six asthma patients required intubation, Contributing factors to in tubation were steroid dependence, atopy, beta-agonist overuse, infecti on, non-compliance, adverse drug reaction, and undertreatment with ste roids.