PPT-ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA DR RASMIYA MOHIYADHEEN

SENIOR RESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS INTRODUCTION Severe acute asthma is defined as a condition in which children with acute asthma exacerbation and respiratory distress do not respond to bronchodilators and who either have not received corticosteroids as an outpatient or continue to experience respiratory distress despite outpatient treatment. Quality asthma care involves not only initial diagnosis and treatment to achieve asthma control but also longterm regular followup care to maintain control Asthma control focuses on two domains 1 reducing impairment the frequency and intensity of sy Craig McDonald. Consultant . Paediatrician. Session Aims. Structured Assessment of the Wheezy Child. Management tailored to severity. Home care for moderate exacerbations. Treatment of severe / life threatening attacks. Jane . Setchell. Marilyn Plummer . We are giving good care but we need to improve . Personal Asthma Action Plans (PAAP) in NRAD . Only 4/28 of the children who died had a PAAP. Key Recommendation…. SDMH EMC 2015. 1 - Asthma. Objectives. Understand assessment of acute asthma in adults. Outline management strategy dependent upon severity. Approach to initial management of the severe asthmatic. Safe discharge of the asthmatic patient. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role, in particular, mast cells,eosinophils,T lymphocytes, macrophages, neutrophils and epithelial cells.. 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/most_recent_data.htm. Accessed August 14, 2018.. 26.5 million people. in the US have asthma. 1. 3.3 million children and 9.1 million adults have inadequately controlled asthma. Updates inLaura Vaughan MDClinical Assistant Professor of MedicineStanford UniversityGINA slides used in this presentation are reproduced with permissionNo financial disclosuresSerious Consequences98 The airway (bronchial tubes) can become swollen and the muscle around the airway tightens. . The result is a narrowed airway. Symptoms. Wheezing. Coughing. Shortness of breath. Chest tightness. Increased rate of breathing. SENIOR RESIDENT. DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS. DEFINITION. DESCRIPTIVE TERM FOR CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF AGE WHOSE PHYSICAL GROWTH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THEIR PEERS OF SAME AGE AND SEX. WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT LESS THAN 2 SD (<3 TO 5 CENTILE) FOR AGE AND GENDER OR. Amy Brandt, MPH — . Chronic Respiratory Disease Epidemiologist. Linda Stemnock — . BRFSS Coordinator. Chronic Respiratory Disease Section. May 14, 2013. Overview. This slide set was presented at the Indiana Statewide Asthma Conference on May 14, 2013. These slides are intended to be a resource for our partners.. Clinical audit 2016/17 . National Results . Contents. This presentation shows how EDs. . are performing against the audit standards.. For further information please see the national report at . www.rcem.ac.uk/audits. Download PDF Asthma Free Forever™ eBook by Jerry Ericson - A Program That Help People with Asthma to Reduce Their Symptoms Quickly and Get Rid of This Disease. Prof. Ferah Ece, MD, . FCCP. Istinye. . University School of Medicine. Department of Chest Diseases. Liv Hospital. I have no financial or other conflicts of interest to report. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide with . Due to premature activation of pancreatic enzymes within the pancreas, leading to a process of . autodigestion. . . Anything that injures the . acinar. cell and impairs the secretion of zymogen granules, or damages the duct epithelium and thus delays enzymatic secretion, can trigger acute pancreatitis. Once cellular injury has been initiated, the inflammatory process can lead to pancreatic .