Emergency pre-hospital management of patients admitted with acute asthma

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Simpson, A J ^a   Matusiewicz, S P ^a   Brown, P H ^a   McCall, I A ^a   Innes, J A ^a   Greening, A P ^a   Crompton, G K ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agonist; Ambulance; Asthma; Pre hospital treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEBULIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0034099112     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.2.97     Document Type: Article

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