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status asthmaticus

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status asthmaticus [′stad·əs az′mad·ə·kəs]
(medicine)
Intractable asthma lasting from a few days to a week or longer.


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We wanted to know whether administration of anabolic steroids several days prior to initiation of glucocorticoids and then continuing with simultaneous administration of anabolic steroids with glucocorticoids would prevent glucocorticoid-induced diaphragm muscle atrophy and contractile dysfunction in rats receiving glucocorticoid doses commonly used to manage status asthmaticus.
ZYFLO is not indicated for use in the reversal of broncospasm in acute asthma attacks, including status asthmaticus.
High doses of glucocorticoids for short periods of time (5 days or less) are commonly used in the treatment of both lung transplant rejection and status asthmaticus.
 
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