Language of dyspnea in assessment of patients with acute asthma treated with nebulized albuterol

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 749-753

  Moy, Marilyn L ^b   Lantin, Mary L ^b   Harver, Andrew ^b   Schwartzstein, Richard M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031722275     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9707088     Document Type: Article

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