[Importance of other therapeutic medications administered parenterally in severe acute asthma]

Abstract

Following definition of severity criteria for asthmatic crisis, the effects of various drugs are analyzed: inhaled isoproterenol, inhaled metaproterenol alone or in combination with theophylline, inhaled albuterol, intravenous salbutamol, theophylline in severe acute asthma, corticosteroids in very severe acute asthma. In conclusion, nebulized beta agonists often administered in combination with atropinic drugs represent the best therapy for moderate acute asthma.