Use of intravenous salbutamol in acute severe asthma

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 729-732

  Browne, Gary J ^a   Wilkins, Barry H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; NEBULIZER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0042242892     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03348.x     Document Type: Editorial

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