Continuous vs intermittent albuterol, at high and low doses, in the treatment of severe acute asthma in adults

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-47

  Shrestha, Mahesh ^a,c   Bidadi, Khalil ^a   Gourlay, Scott ^b   Hayes, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

albuterol; asthma; bronchodilator; continuous nebulization; Emergency Department; agonist

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029888165     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.1.42     Document Type: Article

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