Managing anaphylaxis: Effective emergency and long-term care are necessary

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1015-1018

  Walker, S ^a   Sheikh, A ^b  

^a National Respiratory Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; SALBUTAMOL;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 0043123498     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01754.x     Document Type: Editorial

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