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This landmark work represents the first book focusing on the acute asthmatic in the emergency department. This superb reference provides a wide range of practical yet thorough, state of the art perspectives on the evaluation and treatment of acute asthma. It features a unique collaboration between authorities in emergency medicine, intensive care, pulmonology, pediatrics, allergy and immunology, and basic scientists. It is the one book that anybody who treats patients with acute asthma will reach for again and again.
Including 37 chapters with contributions from over 45 prominent experts who actively care for asthmatic emergencies, Emergency Asthma

clarifies the definition and problems in diagnosis of acute asthma in the emergency department

evaluates various factors resulting in visits to hospital emergency departments

updates assessment of illness severity

includes newest and latest treatments, magnesium, ipratropium, heliox, ketamine

explains when and how to intubate the acute asthmatic

tells how to manage the refractory asthmatic: intubated but still not ventilated

thoroughly discusses asthma in children as well as adults

elucidates admission and discharge decisions

discusses the problems of relapse in the emergency department

investigates the epidemiology of acute asthma, especially in the inner city

describes special problems in acute asthma, such as out-of-hospital care and the pregnant asthmatic

covers the history of asthma

develops directions in asthma research

includes the results of the recent emergency department based Multi-Center Asthma Research Collaborations

and much more!
With over 2600 references and over 200 tables, drawings, and photographs, Emergency Asthma will be welcomed by specialists in emergency medicine, critical care, pulmonology, allergy-immunology, family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine; residents in these respective fields; respiratory therapy; and medical and respiratory therapy students.

Introduction

Where Have We Been? The History of Acute Asthma, Barry E. Brenner
Where Might We Go? Trends in Emergency Asthma Research, Barry E. Brenner

Pathophysiology

Asthma Production and Biochemistry, Phillip L. Rice Jr.
Asthma: Immunology and the Inflammatory Response, David M. Lang and Donald G. Raible

Epidemiology

Epidemiology of Asthma, Carlos A. Camargo Jr. and Lynne D. Richardson

Provocative Factors for Emergency Department Visits

Allergic Asthma, Michael A. Kaliner
Rhinitis, Sinusitis, and Acute Asthma, Susan M. Brugman
Respiratory Infections: The Major Cause, Jill M. Baren
The Relationship Between Acute Asthma and Air Pollution, George D. Thurston and Mark J. Leber
Premenstrual Asthma, Emil M. Skobeloff
Nocturnal Asthma, Monica Kraft and Richard J. Martin
Urban Asthma, Robert Bristow and Harold H. Osborn

Clinical Manifestations

The Clinical Presentation of Acute Asthma in Adults and Children, Barry E. Brenner, Joseph Adrian Tyndall, and Ellen F. Crain
Pulmonary Function Testing in the Emergency Department, Robert Silverman and Steven M. Scharf
Laboratory, Roentgenographic, and EKG Evaluation of Acute Asthma, Rita Kay Cydulka and Mona Shah
Noninvasive Monitoring of Asthma, Brian T. Williams and Charles B. Cairns
Fatal Asthma, Kim Guishard

Management

National and International Guidelines for the Emergency Management of Adult Asthma, Richard M. Nowak
Management with Inhaled 2-Agonists, Theodore J. Gaeta
Epinephrine, Barry E. Brenner
Aminophylline, Charles L. Emerman and Mary H. Stewart
Steroids, Robert Silverman
Anticholinergics and Asthma, Jill P. Karpel and Richard M. Nowak
Magnesium, Robert Silverman
Medical Management of Severe Acute Asthma, Edward A. Panacek and Charles V. Pollack Jr.
Intubation of the Asthma Patient, Martin S. Kohn
Management of Acute Asthma in Children, Richard J. Scarfone and Susan Fuchs
Acute Asthma in Pregnancy, Richard Sinert, Karen L. Staville, and Jin H. Han
Out-of-Hospital Asthma Care, Samuel J. Stratton
The Severe Asthmatic: Intubated and Difficult to Ventilate, Paul Mayo and Michael Stavros Radeos

Disposition from the Emergency Department

The Acute Asthmatic in the Emergency Department: To Admit or Discharge?, Barry E. Brenner and Kerry Powell
The Acute Asthmatic in the Pediatric Emergency Department: To Admit or Discharge?, Jill M. Baren
Asthma and Emergency Department Observation Units, Eric S. Nadel, Louis G. Graff, and Michael F. McDermott
Follow-Up and Prevention of Relapse and Follow-Up in Adults After Disposition from the ED, Rita Kay Cydulka and Mona Shah
Follow-Up and Prevention of Relapse in Children After Disposition from the ED, Ellen F. Crain
Compliance Issues in Acute Asthma, Paul Mayo
Access, the Emergency Department, and Asthma, Lynne D. Richardson