Table 3.
Medication usage by each severity group
| Medication | Total received all groups (%) | Mild compromise number received (%) | Moderate compromise number received (%) | Severe compromise number received (%) | P value |
| Systemic steroids | 187 (99.5) | 40 (100) | 116 (99.1) | 31 (100) | 0.737 |
| Magnesium sulfate | 126 (67.0) | 26 (65) | 77 (65.8) | 23 (74.1) | 0.646 |
| Aminophylline | 4 (2.1) | 0 | 0 | 4 (12.9) | < 0.001 |
| Terbutaline | 4 (2.1) | 0 | 2 (1.7) | 2 (6.5) | 0.155 |
| Scheduled ipratropium | 146 (77.7) | 21 (55.3) | 100 (86.2) | 25 (83.3) | < 0.001 |
| Continuous albuterol > 6 h | 139 (73.9) | 23 (57.5) | 88 (75.2) | 28 (90.3) | 0.007 |
Total n (%) reported per severity group, P value obtained from extend fisher exact or χ2 where appropriate.