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Early prediction of poor outcome in patients with acute asthma in the emergency room
Provedor de dados: 56
Autores: Mallmann,F.; Fernandes,A.K.; Ávila,E.M.; Nogueira,F.L.; Steinhorst,A.M.P.; Saucedo,D.Z.; Machado,F.J.; Raymundi,M.G.; Dalcin,P.T.R.; Menna Barreto,S.S.
Early identification of patients who need hospitalization or patients who should be discharged would be helpful for the management of acute asthma in the emergency room. The objective of the present study was to examine the clinical and pulmonary functional measures used during the first hour of assessment of acute asthma in the emergency room in order to predict the outcome. We evaluated 88 patients. The inclusion criteria were age between 12 and 55 years, forced expiratory volume in the first second below 50% of predicted value, and no history of chronic disease or pregnancy. After baseline evaluation, all patients were treated with 2.5 mg albuterol delivered by nebulization every 20 min in the first hour and 60 mg of intravenous methylprednisolone....
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Outcome; Index; Prognosis; Emergency medicine.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000100006