Is it useful to add an anticholinergic treatment to β2-adrenergic medication in acute asthma attack?

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Mario Calvo, G ^a   Mario Calvo, A ^b   Francisco Marin H ^a   Jorge Moya, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Pontificia Catholic University   (Chile)

^c Gil de Castro Medical Office   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Bronchodilators; Ipratropium; Salbutamol

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IPRATROPIUM; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031890621     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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