title: [Management of acute asthma in the emergency room].
abstract: Acute asthma is a frequent occurrence in the emergency room. Early care includes gradation of severity and rapid administration of systemic corticosteroid and bronchodilators. After initial treatment, if the patient has no longer criteria for severe asthma, and no poor outcome risk factor, continuation of treatment at home is a possible option. It requires to schedule a close appointment for medical follow-up, establishment of an asthma treatment plan, prescription of a short course of oral corticosteroids together with a combination of inhaled corticosteroid and long acting beta-2-agonist for longer duration of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, Département des spécialités de médecine, HUG, 1211 Genève. jerome.plojoux@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plojoux
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rutschmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rochat
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000465:Algorithms; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists