The 'crashing asthmatic'

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 997-1004

  Higgins, James C ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; METHYLXANTHINE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; ZAFIRLUKAST; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLXANTHOXYLOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUCUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSITIVE PRESSURE MASK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREMOR; UNITED STATES; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NEBULIZER;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FURANS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IPRATROPIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PHENOLS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 0037333405     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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