Risk factors, management and outcomes of patients admitted with near fatal asthma to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh.

Rationale: Near-fatal asthma (NFA) has not been well studied in Saudi Arabia. We evaluated NFA risk factors in asthmatics admitted to a tertiary-care hospital and described NFA management and outcomes.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study of NFA patients admitted to an ICU in Riyadh (2006-2010).