Acute asthma among pregnant women presenting to the emergency department

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 887-892

  Cydulka, Rita K ^a   Emerman, Charles L ^b   Schreiber, Donald ^b   Molander, Karin H ^b   Woodruff, Prescott C ^b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032873660     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.3.9812138     Document Type: Article

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