title: Management of acute severe asthma.
abstract: Discussed in this article are the pathophysiology of acute asthma and its differential diagnosis and management, placing special emphasis on rapid assessment, prompt and decisive therapeutic intervention, and on recognition of the severity of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001314:Auscultation; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D013806:Theophylline / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D013806:Theophylline