Acute Severe Asthma

Definition of Acute Severe Asthma Brittle asthma Near fatal asthma Hyperacute, fulminating or asphyxic asthma What is the difference between difficult to treat asthma & severe asthma? Levels of severity of acute asthma ≥ 6 years DD of acute asthmatic attach Management *General measures: Oxygen- Antibiotics *Standard measures: B2-agonists- Anticholinergics- Theophylline- Mg- Systemic & ICS *Unconventional measures: GA- Heliox- CPAP- Whole lung lavage *MV