Brittle Asthma -What next in management?

• Autor(a) principal: Goyal, Virendra Kr.
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Gupta, Atul, Singh, Ayushya Pal, Soni, Keyur Harshad
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/69207
• topic: brittle asthma; atopy; terbutaline; adrenaline

The term ‘brittle asthma’ was first used by Turner-Warwick (1977) to describe patients with asthma whose peak expiratory flow (PEF) varied ‘chaotically’ (follow no set pattern); which could lead to death from an a cute severe attack. Morbidity from brittle asthma is considerable, and we aim to identify causes and management strategies for such patients. Two types of Brittle asthma has been suggested; a feature of both types being a susceptibility to repeated severe attacks resulting in hospitalization & considerable morbidity and mortality. Data from asthma register (UK), suggests that the prevalence is the order of 0.05% of all asthmatics.