Emergency management of acute asthma

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Harris, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036728767     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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