Intensive care implications of epidemic thunderstorm asthma

JN Darvall; M Durie; D Pilcher; G Wigmore; C French; D Karalapillai; F McGain; E Newbigin; T Byrne; V Sarode; B Gelbart; A Casamento; J Dyett; A Crosswell; J Vetro; J McCaffrey; G Taori; A Subramaniam; C Macisaac; A Cross; D Ku; R Bellomo

Journal article

Intensive care implications of epidemic thunderstorm asthma

JN Darvall, M Durie, D Pilcher, G Wigmore, C French, D Karalapillai, F McGain, E Newbigin, T Byrne, V Sarode, B Gelbart, A Casamento, J Dyett, A Crosswell, J Vetro, J McCaffrey, G Taori, A Subramaniam, C Macisaac, A Cross Show all

Critical Care and Resuscitation | AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1016/s1441-2772(23)00969-9

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the environmental precipitants, treatment and outcome of critically ill patients affected by the largest and most lethal reported epidemic of thunderstorm asthma. Design, setting and participants: Retrospective multicentre observational study. Meteorological, airborne particulate and pollen data, and a case series of 35 patients admitted to 15 intensive care units (ICUs) due to the thunderstorm asthma event of 21–22 November 2016, in Victoria, Australia, were analysed and compared with 1062 total ICU-admitted Australian patients with asthma in 2016. Main outcome measures: Characteristics and outcomes of total ICU versus patients with thunderstorm asthma, the associa..

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