Acute myopathy during treatment for status asthmaticus;Acute myopathie tijdens behandeling wegens status asthmaticus

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 268-271

  Op De Coul, A A W ^a   Verheul, G A M ^a   Timmerhuis, T P J ^a   Teepen, J L J M ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PANCURONIUM; PREDNISONE; THEOPHYLLINE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOPATHY; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0030060675     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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