Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate for the Treatment of Acute Asthma in the Emergency Department

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 1210-1213

  Skobeloff, Emil M ^a   Spivey, William H ^b   Mcnamara, Robert M ^b   Greenspon, Lee ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024373309     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430090072036     Document Type: Article

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