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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Laboratory Findings
- Measurement of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry may be useful to identify patients with acute severe asthma who may rapidly progress to respiratory failure and thereby require more intensive therapy.[1]
- Arterial blood gas may reveal respiratory alkalosis that is consistent with the hypoxemia and/or hypercarbia secondary to significant hypoventilation.
- CBC count may demonstrate an increase in peripheral WBCs secondary to the use of steroids and β-agonists.
References
- ↑ Overall JE (1975) Rating session. Video taped interviews and BPRS ratings. Psychopharmacol Bull 11 (1):15. PMID: 1121560