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Conditions requiring hospitalization
| Signs and symptoms of acute respiratory failure Worsening of clinical parameters after bronchodilator treatment SatO2 < 92% after bronchodilator treatment PEF < 60% predicted after bronchodilator treatment |
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| Concomitant complications (pneumothorax, atelectasies, pneumonia) | |
| Severe asthma itself, irrespective of worsening; History of previous severe life-threatening asthma episodes, or previous admission to ICU |
