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Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for critical asthma syndrome: a look at the state of the art |
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| Authors: | Alessandro Vatrella Angelantonio Maglio Corrado Pelaia Girolamo Pelaia Carolina Vitale |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno , Salerno, Italy avatrella@unisa.it;3. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno , Salerno, Italy;4. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Respiratory Diseases, “Magna Gr?cia” University of Catanzaro , Catanzaro, Italy |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Introduction‘Critical Asthma Syndrome’ (CAS) is an umbrella term proposed to include several forms of asthma, responsible for acute and life-threatening exacerbations. CAS requires urgent and adequate supportive and pharmacological treatments to prevent serious outcomes. |
| Keywords: | Acute asthma anticholinergics asthma exacerbation asthma therapy beta 2 agonists corticosteroids CAS critical asthma syndrome severe asthma |