PMID: 9002561Jan 1, 1997Paper

A new index for early prediction of hospitalization in patients with acute asthma

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
G Rodrigo, C Rodrigo

Abstract

Data from studies using the factor analysis technique have shown that asthma appears to be multidimensional and that most of the subjective and objective measures utilized in the assessment of asthma patients represent a much smaller number of underlying dimensions. Additionally, several investigators have emphasized that evaluation of acute asthma is an ongoing process, as the degree and time course of the response to therapy vary considerably between patients. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of the most common clinical and objective measures in the evaluation of acute asthma in the emergency department (ED) for predicting the outcome of acute episodes in adults. In an effort to identify variables that can predict the outcome of patients with acute asthma, 184 adults (age 32.4 +/- 11.6 [mean +/- SD]) (analysis sample) who presented to an ED were studied. The inclusion criteria were: (1) age between 18 and 50 years; (2) a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) or forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) below 50% of predicted; and (3) no history of chronic cough or cardiac, hepatic, renal, or other medical disease. All patients were treated with salbutamol delivered with metered-dose inhaler (MDI) into ...Continue Reading

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