Ipratropium bromide added to asthma treatment in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 748-752

  Zorc, Joseph J ^a,b   Pusic, Martin V ^a   Ogborn, C Jean ^a   Lebet, Ruth ^a   Duggan, Anne K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Albuterol; Asthma; Child; Critical pathway; Emergencies; Ipratropium; Practice guidelines; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IPRATROPIUM; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0032987894     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.4.748     Document Type: Article

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