Acute asthma attack: severity criteria
Conti, G.; Costa, R.; Polidori, L.; Liberati, Q.; Pengue, L.; de Berardinis, G.M.
Minerva Anestesiologica 69(5): 338-341
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-9393 PMID: 12768163 Document Number: 559367
The authors briefly review the main risk factors for fatal asthma, near-fatal asthma, rapid onset asthma and slow onset asthma. The most recent data in the international literature are also shortly reviewed and discussed.
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