Therapeutic response patterns to high and cumulative doses of salbutamol in acute severe asthma

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Rodrigo, Carlos ^a,b   Rodrigo, Gustavo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS   (Uruguay)

^b Centro de Tratamiento Intensivo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Outcome prediction; Therapeutic response to high doses of salbutamol

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031887233     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.3.593     Document Type: Article

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