Practice Patterns for Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Adult Patients Admitted to US Intensive Care Units.
Collin Homer-BouthietteBurton H ShenAaron C DobieDivya A ShankarBrandon PangAnica C LawNicholas A BoschPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2024)
The use of adjunct interventions for patients with severe asthma exacerbations vary widely across US hospitals; however, hospitals generally fall into two clusters differentiated primarily by the use of invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation. Our results help to inform usual care arms of future comparative effectiveness studies and efforts to standardize asthma practice.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- respiratory failure
- healthcare
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- quality improvement
- lung function
- liver failure
- primary care
- cystic fibrosis
- palliative care
- physical activity
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- allergic rhinitis
- current status
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- pain management