Preoperative Corticosteroids for Reactive Airway?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1047-1048

  Bishop, Michael J ^a,b,c  

^a Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESISTANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 2142829301     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200405000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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