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1. Asthma - pediatric (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system, which causes swelling and narrowing of the airways. Pediatric asthma refers to asthma in children.• Reviewer: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

2. Asthma (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system that causes breathing difficulty. Asthma is typically expressed by repeated but reversible episodes of constriction and inflammation of the airways and lungs. Typical symptoms include wheezing, coughin...• Author: Marshall G. Letcher MA

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3. Asthma - Complications -- Mayo Clinic
Controlling your asthma can also help you avoid the serious side effects that may accompany long-term use of oral and intravenous corticosteroids, which are sometimes used to stabilize severe asthma attacks.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=E05029A1-9E99-427B-BE47BA91B7BD70...

4. Asthma: Symptoms and Complications -- Information from the Merck Manual
The most severe form of asthma is called status asthmaticus. In asthma, airway obstruction is reversible, meaning that with appropriate treatment or on their own, the muscular contractions of the airways stop, the airway obstruction ends, and the...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch044/ch044a.html#sec04-ch044-ch044a-329

5. eMedicine - Asthma : Article by Michael J Morris
The most common complications of asthma include pneumonia, pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum, and respiratory failure requiring intubation in severe exacerbations. Complications associated with most medications used for asthma are relatively rare.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic177.htm

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