ECG Changes in Acute Severe Asthma

Abstract

ronchial asthma has been accused in causing arrythmias and affecting the cardiac function and anatomy especially during the acute exacerbation attacks. It is essential to study the role of bronchial asthma in cardiac dysfunction, this will not only help clinicians to assess the risk of death and institute the appropriate level of care, but it will also help to explain the mechanism of death and to guide for other treatment. This work was done to study the various ECG abnormalities in acute asthma as well as the relation between the ECG abnormalities with severity of airway obstruction and the effect of bronchodilators used on the ECG.