Prospective multicenter study of acute asthma in younger versus older adults presenting to the emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-55

  Banerji, Aleena ^a   Clark, Sunday ^a   Afilalo, Marc ^b   Blanda, Michelle P ^c   Cydulka, Rita K ^d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Asthma; Bronchodilation; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645117385     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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