Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for treating acute asthmatic attacks in three pregnant women with dyspnea and hypoxemia

Hiroshi Sekiguchi; Yutaka Kondo; Tatsuma Fukuda; Kazuhiko Hanashiro; Motoo Baba; Yoko Sato; Ichiro Kukita; Tuyoshi Matumoto

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2117

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for treating acute asthmatic attacks in three pregnant women with dyspnea and hypoxemia

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Mar 22;7(5):881-887. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2117. eCollection 2019 May.

Authors

Hiroshi Sekiguchi^{1

2}, Yutaka Kondo³, Tatsuma Fukuda², Kazuhiko Hanashiro⁴, Motoo Baba⁵, Yoko Sato¹, Ichiro Kukita², Tuyoshi Matumoto¹

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Medicine Tomishiro Central Hospital Tomigusuku Japan.
² Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine University of the Ryukyus Nishihara Japan.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital Chiba Japan.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Graduate School of Medicine University of the Ryukyus Nishihara Japan.
⁵ Pulmonary Medicine Ohama Daiichi Hospital Naha Japan.

Abstract

In our case reports, we mentioned about the utility of NPPV therapy in addition to standard pharmacologic therapy for acute asthma exacerbations in pregnant women with dyspnea and hypoxemia compared with that of oxygen therapy alone. Careful patient selection and clinicians' NPPV experience are crucial in optimizing patient outcomes.

Keywords: acute asthma exacerbation; dyspnea; noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; oxygen therapy; pregnancy.

Publication types

Case Reports