Respiratory failure precipitated by salbutamol [1]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-200

  Tobin, A ^a   Santamaria, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LETTER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPNEA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 15244346480     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00745.x     Document Type: Letter

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