Acute Care for Asthma
From Chapter 5 of the Philippine Consensus Report on Asthma 2004 by the Philippine College of Chest Physicians.
This guideline starts below.
Acute Care for Asthma
- What is the ideal first line therapy for asthma exacerbation?
- Is nebulization better than MDI in the delivery of short-acting beta-2-agonists during acute asthma exacerbations?
- Does systemically administered beta-2-agonists have a role in acute asthma exacerbations?
- Should intravenous aminophylline be used as first line drug for acute asthma?
- Should systemic steroids be used in acute exacerbations of asthma?
- In the treatment of acute exacerbations, are oral steroids as effective as parenteral steroids?
- What is the effective dose of corticosteroids for acute asthma?
- What is the recommended dose interval for oral steroids?
- What is the role of ipratropium bromide in the management of acute asthma?