Profile of children requiring emergency treatment for asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-224

  Friday Jr , Gilbert A ^a,b   Khine, Hnin ^a   Lin, Ming S ^a   Caliguiri, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHEEZING;

EID: 1842409614     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63391-1     Document Type: Article

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