Asthma is not a common cause of severe chronic respiratory failure in non-smokers: ALOT study

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-87

  Caramori, Gaetano ^a   Fabbri, M ^b   Paioli, D ^b   Falcone, F ^c   Severino, C ^c   Felisatti, G ^d   Arar, O ^a   Adcock, I M ^e   Chung, K Fan ^e   Barnes, P J ^e   Ciaccia, A ^a   Papi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d AUSL di Ferrara   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic respiratory Failure; Long term oxygen therapy; Natural history

Indexed keywords

IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENDER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; WHEEZING;

EID: 23844558378     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.643     Document Type: Article

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