Update on the management of status asthmaticus

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-233

  Downey, Pamela ^a   Cox, Robin ^a  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; BAROTRAUMA; HYPERCAPNIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION;

EID: 0029957817     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199606000-00006     Document Type: Review

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