Severe acute asthma in a community hospital pediatric intensive care unit: A ten years' experience

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Paret, Gideon ^a   Kornecki, Anat ^a   Szeinberg, Amir ^a,b   Vardi, Amir ^a   Barzilai, Asher ^a   Augarten, Arie ^a,b   Barzilay, Zohar ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031898021     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62980-8     Document Type: Article

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