title: Asthma in children: emergency management.
abstract: We review the pathophysiological alterations at work in asthma and outline pharmacological agents that are available for emergency therapeutic intervention, offering some general principles for management. A combined overview of predictors of outcome in asthmatic episodes in children also is presented.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013806:Theophylline / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D013806:Theophylline; D010100:Oxygen