Kussin P S
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Respir Care Clin N Am. 1995 Dec;1(2):177-92.
With sound medical management and good patient education, only a small minority of patients with asthma ever experience a life-threatening episode. The pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of life-threatening asthma are reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on identification of the fatality-prone asthmatic patient and on avoidance of complications of treatment that significantly add to morbidity and mortality rates.
通过合理的医疗管理和良好的患者教育，只有一小部分哮喘患者会经历危及生命的发作。本文综述了危及生命的哮喘的病理生理学、临床表现及管理。特别强调了识别易发生致命性哮喘的患者以及避免显著增加发病率和死亡率的治疗并发症。
