1) Acute Asthma (LO3) :
(updated 1/28/23)
a) American Family
Physician -
“Management of Acute Asthma Exacerbations” July 1, 2011;
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2011/0701/p40.pdf
“Medications for Chronic Asthma” September 15, 2016;
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2016/0915/p454.pdf
FPIN’s Clinical Inquiries “Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate for Acute
Asthma Exacerbations” January 15, 2019;
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0115/p127.pdf
“More
Evidence Against Antibiotics for Acute Asthma Exacerbations”
August 1, 2019
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0801/p185.pdf
b) UpToDate
- “Acute exacerbations of asthma in adults: Emergency
department and inpatient management”
(REQUIRED READING)
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-exacerbations-of-asthma-in-adults-emergency-department-and-inpatient-management?search=acute%
20asthma&source=search_result&selectedTitle=2~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=2#H304289086
c) New England Journal
of Medicine - “Severe and
Difficult-to-Treat Asthma in Adults” September 7, 2017;
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1608969
“Quadrupling Inhaled Glucocorticoid Dose to Abort Asthma
Exacerbations” March 8, 2018
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1714257?articleTools=true