Respiratory Arrest in Near-Fatal Asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 285-288

  Molfino, Nestor A ^a,b   Nannini, Luis J ^a   Martelli, Alberto N ^a   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b  

^a Hospital Maria Ferrer   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ASPHYXIA; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026071429     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199101313240502     Document Type: Article

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