Status asthmaticus: From the emergency department to the intensive care unit

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-292

  Kenyon, N ^a   Albertson, T E ^b  

^a Department of Internet Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Div Pulmon and Critical Care Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HELIOX; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZILEUTON;

ARTERIAL GAS; ASTHMATIC STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION; OXYGEN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; THEOPHYLLINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035024824     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CRIAI:20:3:271     Document Type: Review

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