Diseases

Status Asthmaticus

A sudden intense and continuous aggravation of a state of asthma, marked by dyspnea to the point of exhaustion and collapse and not responding to the usual therapeutic efforts.

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Abstract

A sudden intense and continuous aggravation of a state of asthma, marked by dyspnea to the point of exhaustion and collapse and not responding to the usual therapeutic efforts.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Asthmatic Crisis
  • Asthmatic Shock
  • Asthmatic Crises
  • Asthmatic Shocks
  • Asthmaticus, Status
  • Crises, Asthmatic
  • Crisis, Asthmatic
  • Shock, Asthmatic
  • Shocks, Asthmatic

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

sudden intense aggravation of asthma

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History Note

91(85); was see under ASTHMA 1985-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Asthma (1966-1984)

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WF 553

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Status Asthmaticus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013224. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013224
  2. Status Asthmaticus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_severe_asthma
  3. Status Asthmaticus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826759