Contemporary approach to the emergency department management of pediatric asthma

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-138

  Baren, Jill M ^a,b   Zorc, Joseph J ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ASTHMA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELIUM OXYGEN BREATHING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0036150243     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00054-3     Document Type: Review

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