Oxygen saturation in adults with acute asthma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-30

  Hardern, Richard ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Oxygen saturation; Peak flow

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 0030026666     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.1.28     Document Type: Article

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