Open AccessFatal and near-fatal thunderstorm asthma epidemic in a desert country
Author(s) -
Fatima Ali,
Nasser Behbehani,
Noura Alomair,
Assad Taher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_258_18
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , inhaler , exacerbation , pediatrics , christian ministry , emergency medicine , philosophy , theology
Reports of thunderstorm asthma in the Middle East are few. This study is the first to report on cases of near-fatal and fatal thunderstorm asthma in Kuwait on December 1, 2016.