Disease or Syndrome
status asthmaticus
sta·tus asth·mat·i·cus
Subclass of:
Asthma
Definitions related to status asthmaticus:
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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An acute exacerbation of asthma, characterized by inadequate response to initial bronchodilators.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Severe asthma unresponsive to repeated courses of beta-agonist therapy such as inhaled albuterol, levalbuterol, or subcutaneous epinephrine.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Status asthmaticus is an acute exacerbation of asthma that remains unresponsive to initial treatment with bronchodilators. Status asthmaticus can vary from a mild form to a severe form with bronchospasm, airway inflammation, and mucus plugging that can cause difficulty breathing, carbon dioxide retention, hypoxemia, and respiratory...WebMD, 2019
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