Prehospital treatment of acute asthma in a rural state

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 322-325

  Crago, Sylvia ^a   Coors, Lori ^a   Lapidus, Jodi A ^a   Sapien, Robert ^a   Murphy, Shirley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOETARINE; ISOPRENALINE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0031793646     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63123-7     Document Type: Article

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