The management of acute severe asthma in adults

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Wort, S J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchodilator agents; Mechanical ventilation; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; HELIOX; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BAROTRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFLATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042527410     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7112(02)00165-5     Document Type: Article

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