Extreme hypercapnia is not a long-term prognostic factor after near-fatal asthma: A 12-year follow-up study

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Wasserfallen, J B ^a   Leuenberger, A P ^a   Schaller, M D ^a   Perret, C ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NEDOCROMIL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032574221     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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