The management of acute severe asthma

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 1-12

  Leffert, Fred ^a,b  

^a Department of Pediatrics National Jewish Hospital Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; EXPECTORANT AGENT; GYROCAP; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SEDATIVE AGENT; SLO PHYLLIN; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; DRUG THERAPY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BED REST; CHILD; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0018857882     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(80)80315-5     Document Type: Article

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