Asthma in the elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-75

  Braman, Sidney S ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETAXOLOL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL; PINDOLOL; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRY POWDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES; SMOKING; SPUTUM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; WHEEZING;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037290960     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00052-6     Document Type: Review

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