Children with severe acute asthma admitted to Dutch PICUs: A changing landscape.
Shelley A BoeschotenCorinne M P BuyssePeter J F M MerkusJacob M C van WijngaardenSabien G J HeisterkampJohan C de JongsteJoost van RosmalenSuzan C M Cochius-den OtterAnnemie L M BoehmerMatthijs de Hoognull nullPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)
The number of children requiring PICU admission for SAA in the Netherlands has increased. We speculate that this threefold increase is explained by an increasing number of steroid-naïve children, in conjunction with a lowered threshold for PICU admission, possibly caused by earlier use of salbutamol IV in the referring hospitals.