title: Management of acute asthma.
abstract: Patients with acute asthma experience increased airway obstruction, increased work of breathing, and ventilation-perfusion mismatch. Careful observation and assessment of the patient are fundamental for successful treatment. Therapy is dictated by the severity of the acute episode. Prevention of subsequent flares of asthma needs to be initiated as the patient convalesces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stempel
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Redding
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D006701:Home Nursing; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans