Current practices in children with severe acute asthma across European PICUs: an ESPNIC survey.

ABSTRACT: Most pediatric asthma guidelines offer evidence-based or best practice approaches to the management of asthma exacerbations but struggle with evidence-based approaches for severe acute asthma (SAA). We aimed to investigate current practices in children with SAA admitted to European pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), in particular, adjunct therapies, use of an asthma severity score, and availability of a SAA guideline. We designed a cross-sectional electronic survey across European PICUs. Thirty-seven PICUs from 11 European countries responded. In 8 PICUs (22%), a guideline for SAA management was unavailable. Inhaled beta-agonists and anticholinergics, combined with systemic steroids and IV MgSO₄ was central in SAA treatment. Seven PICUs (30%) used a loading dose of a short-

SUBMITTER: Boeschoten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028840 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature