Controversies in the management of life threatening asthma
Dixon, J.M.; Innes, N.J.
Acute Medicine 4(2): 72-74
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4884 PMID: 21655523 Document Number: 11779
Asthma has a complex aetiology with many precipitating factors leading to a final common pathway of airway inflammation and bronchospasm. Patients with asthma are at risk of developing acute exacerbations. A subgroup of these patients develop severe exacerbations. This review will focus on some of the issues in the management of adults with life threatening asthma that remain controversial.
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