Acute asthma in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1145-1165

  Smith, S R ^a   Strunk, R C ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; TERBUTALINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTUBATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032787561     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70179-6     Document Type: Article

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