Risk factors for increase mortality in ICU Asthmatic patients
One review of 2152 ICU admissions with Asthma showed that
- Older age,
- female sex,
- having received CPR within 24 hours before admission,
- having suffered a neurological insult during the first 24 hours in the ICU,
- higher heart rate, and
- hypercapnia
were associated with greater risk for in-hospital death.
Lesson Learned: Early intervention (including intubation) in Asthma patients is key in decreasing mortality.
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Characteristics and outcome for admissions to adult, general critical care units with acute severe asthma: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database -Critical Care 2004, 8:R112-R121
