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. 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. 18. th. April. Understanding the ECG. Asthma. Heart failure. Inflammatory . bowel disease. Moor . Allerton. Golf Club. www.backtomedicalschool.co.uk. 6. th. June. Acute abdomen. Palliative care – the last few days. BMJ Learning. د. حسين محمد جمعة . اختصاصي الامراض الباطنة . البورد العربي . كلية طب الموصل . 2010. Asthma. 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. Mepolizumab Safety and Efficacy in Real-World Clinical Practice: REALITI-A Study. Mepolizumab Safety and Efficacy in Real-World Clinical Practice: REALITI-A Study (cont). Effect of Dupilumab on Lung Function in Uncontrolled Moderate-to-Severe Allergic Asthma. Goals. Recognize common and uncommon presentations of COPD and asthma.. Make an appropriate assessment of the severity of illness.. Prescribe appropriate therapy. . Disposition the patient appropriately.. SENIOR RESIDENT. DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS. INTRODUCTION. Oxygen is a drug; monitor effects and side . effects.. 21% of room air contains oxygen. (adequate for healthy person). Higher concentration of oxygen is required in various illness effecting oxygenation.. 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. ICD - 10 REQUIRED for Specificity Asthma THE ICD - 10 DOCUMENTER SERIES Documentation Characterize the asthma as: Specifically indicate if the asthma is one of the following variants: Mild intermi . Hyper-responsive. . narrowing of the airways that causes airflow . obstruction. Hyper-responsiveness is an increased tendency of the airway to react to stimuli or triggers to cause an asthma attack. . 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. 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 .