NOMOGRAMS TO FOLLOW RECOVERY RATE IN STATUS-ASTHMATICUS IN A VETERAN POPULATION

Data from 12 Department of Veterans Affairs patients hospitalized for status asthmaticus were analyzed to determine the rate and degree of r esponse to therapy, The time to achieve recovery was directly related to the level of baseline obstruction at the time of hospital admission , The recovery rate was constant and could be described by a single se cond-degree polynomial regression equation. Nomograms were constructed showing this rate of improvement of pulmonary function over time at f our levels of baseline pulmonary obstruction.