Discharge considerations for adult asthmatic patients treated in emergency departments

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 322-327

  Grunfeld, Anton F ^a,b   Mark FitzGerald, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Discharge criteria; Outcome; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AIRFLOW; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029798767     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/254627     Document Type: Review

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