Out-of-hospital administration of albuterol for asthma by basic life support providers

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-403

  Richmond, Neal J ^a,b   Silverman, Robert ^b   Kusick, Monique ^a   Matallana, Luis ^a   Winokur, Jules ^b  

^a Government of New york   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Albuterol; Asthma; Emergency medical; Prehospital emergency care; Services

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144401497     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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