title: [Sudden unexpected death and near death among children with asthma].
abstract: During four winter months 1989-90, two children died suddenly from asthma, and one suffered a life threatening attack. A 20 months old boy with moderately severe asthma, just recovered from an adenovirus infection, was symptom free at a routine consultation less than 12 hours before death. He died suddenly after a spell of coughing. A six year old girl with severe but well controlled asthma received unknown quantities of inhaled nebulized salbutamol during a three day exacerbation. She died at home due to respiratory arrest. A 16 year old boy who attended the clinic sporadically had a severe uncontrolled attack of asthma. He inhaled at least 400 doses of salbutamol via a metered dose inhaler during the two days prior to a sudden respiratory arrest. He was successfully resuscitated. This paper addresses possible mechanisms underlying different types of severe attacks of asthma.
authors.affiliation: Allergologisk poliklinikk, Barneavdelingen Familie- og Barnklinikken, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lødrup
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Svindland
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Refvem
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Carlsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000420:Albuterol
vernacular_title: Plutselig uvented død og nesten død hos barn med astma.