Title: Fatal asthma /
Authors: Sheffer, Albert L., 1929-; Busse, W. W.
Publisher: Dekker,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Asthma mortality; Asthma Mortality Congresses.
Abstract: Exploring elements that contribute to fatal asthma attacks, such as socioeconomic deprivation, inadequate medical care, genetic susceptibility to serious asthma, delayed recognition and introduction of suitable treatment, and early airway remodeling not treated with anti-inflammatory drugs, Fatal Asthma outlines the epidemiological characteristics of fatal asthma in inner cities and specific countries, as well as in seasons worldwide ... details the circumstances surrounding pathogenic alterations associated with asthma-related fatalities ... reviews therapeutic interventions designed to check or reverse near-fatal attacks ... discusses the molecular implications of [beta][subscript 2]-adrenergic receptor physiology ... and more.
Contents: The public perception of asthma -- Worldwide trends in asthma mortality during the twentieth century -- Risk factors for fatal asthma -- Fatal asthma in perspective: relation between individual and community risk factors -- Genetics of fatal asthma -- Inner-city allergen recognition -- The recognition of allergens and their relevance to the morbidity of asthma among inner-city children in the United States -- Allergen sensitization and fatality-prone asthma -- The immunopathology of fatal asthma -- Pathology of fatal asthma -- Pathophysiological correlates of fatal asthma -- Roles of eosinphils and neurtrophils in fatal asthma -- Eosinophils and neurtrophils in asthma fatality -- commentary -- Natural history of fatal asthma -- Natural history of asthma in childhood and its potential relation to fatal asthma -- Atmospheric pollution contributing to fatal asthma -- Socioeconomic risk factors for asthma mortality -- Mechanisms of dysfunctional [beta]₂-adrenergic signaling in fatal asthma -- Steroid resistance and fatal asthma -- Glucocorticoid-insensitive asthma: lessons for future asthma management -- Aspirin-induced asthma -- Fatal asthma in children -- Relationship of asthma severity to fatalities -- Seasonal effects on fatal asthma -- Seasonal variations in asthma mortality -- The role of respiratory infections in severe and fatal asthma -- Fatal asthma in the 1990s: are the elderly at risk? -- The role of patient adherence in fatal asthma -- Role of [beta]₂-agonists in asthma fatalities -- Outpatient asthma management: prevention of fatalities -- Asthma management from emergency department to intensive care unit: fatality prevention -- Primary care in fatal asthma prevention in the United States -- Primary care in fatal asthma prevention outside the United States -- Conclusion and recommendations for future assessment relating to asthma fatalities.