status asthmaticus

An acute asthma that is characterized by an acute episode with a progressive severity that is poorly responsive to standard therapeutic measures, regardless of disease severity or phenotypic variant.

Medications that may treat it

beclomethasone brompheniramine budesonide carbinoxamine chlorpheniramine cromolyn cyproheptadine diphenhydramine doxapram enflurane ethyl ether flunisolide

Also known as: Asthma with status asthmaticus; Severe asthma attack