Does an IV bolus of methylprednisolone relieve dyspnea in asthma exacerbations?

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1530-1537

  Noseda, Andreó ^a   De Bruyne, Inge ^a   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Yernault, Jean Claude ^c  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Medical Statistical Unit   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma exacerbation; Dyspnea; Methylprednisolone; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SULEPTANATE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034543469     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.6.1530     Document Type: Article

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