Asthma in Adults – Indication For Intensive Care Referral Q1
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Patients with acute asthma and who have one the following features should be managed on high dependency/intensive care units2:
- Deteriorating PEFR
- Persistent or worsening hypoxia
- Hypercapnea (or falling pH on arterial gas sample)
- Exhaustion, feeble respiration
- Reduced conscious level
- Respiratory arrest
What percentage of asthma patients do you think fall into this category?