internal medicine pulmonology internal medicine pulmonology
| Asthma exacerbation |
| Prevalence Clinical features Differential Diagnosis Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Asthma attacks are common 
b
Watch out for hypercapnia c and respiratory failure |
Expiry date: November 2003
Levels
of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Authors | B Wong , CM Ball |
| Reviewer | B R O'Driscoll |
| CAT Writers | B Wong , CM Ball |