(HealthDay News) – Although the majority of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with status asthmaticus (SA) require mechanical ventilation, the rates of mortality and complications are ...

This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board at Loma Linda University. Eligible subjects included all children admitted with status asthmaticus to our 25-bed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Obesity was associated with mechanical ventilation during ICU admission. Race and payor did not interact with ...

subcutaneous injection, vaccination Omalizumab rescue therapy produced rapid results in a patient with refractory status asthmaticus. Omalizumab rescue therapy produced rapid results in a patient with ...

Status asthmaticus is a severe form of asthma with symptoms similar to a typical asthma attack. In status asthmaticus, symptoms may worsen as the attack continues, and typical treatment may not help.

A 17-year-old female is admitted with status asthmaticus. She is treated with continuous albuterol nebulization, intravenous corticosteroids, and bilevel positive airway pressure mechanical ...

Objective: Non invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to be effective in different causes of respiratory failure in both adult and pediatric patients. However, its role in status asthmaticus (SA) ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that Nucala® (mepolizumab), the first and only biologic add-on therapy for people 12 ...

We examined the effect of nebulized high-dose (75 or 150 mg/hr) albuterol for status asthmaticus in children admitted to our PICU. Hemodynamic changes (tachycardia, lower MAP, and lower DBP) were the ...

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that Nucala® (mepolizumab), the first and only biologic add-on therapy for people 12 years and older with severe asthma with an eosinophilic ...