Avtor/Urednik		Regvat, Jurij; Osrajnik, Ilonka
Naslov		Katastrofalna astma - prikaz primera
Prevedeni naslov		Catastrophic asthma - case report
Tip		članek
Vir		In: Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja. Zbornik 13. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2006 jun 14-17; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Leto izdaje		2006
Obseg		str. 299-301
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		In the article, the authors present an older patient who was admitted to our department due to exacerbation of asthma and right sided heart failure. Despite appropriate treatment patient's condition deteriorated and resulted in respiratory failure. Regarding clinical signs we suspected pneumothorax, which we did not prove with chest imaging. As pleural effusion was also excluded wetook into consideration aspiration of a foreign body (food particle). Respiratory failure was caused by mucus in airways, which produced lung atelectasis. Mucus was abundant because of asthma exacerbation and very viscous most propably because of (over)treatment of right side heart failure with diuretics. After therapeutic bronchoscopy patient's condition improved and he was soon released from hospital.
Deskriptorji		ASTHMA RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE AGED