Acute asthma

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-114

  Kardon, E M ^a  

^a SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BITOLTEROL MESILATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM; METHYLXANTHINE; PIRBUTEROL ACETATE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; TERBUTALINE; TERBUTALINE SULFATE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THEOPHYLLINE BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030044281     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70240-6     Document Type: Article

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