"Brittle Asthma" is a type of Asthma: Here, some asthmatic patients show chaotic variations in lung function despite taking appropriate therapy. Some show a persistent pattern of variability and may require oral corticosteroids or, at times, continuous infusion of 2-agonists (type I brittle asthma), whereas others have generally normal or near-normal lung function but precipitous, unpredictable falls in lung function that may result in death (type 2 brittle asthma).
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:10:32 +0000
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