Pulmonary Emergencies in the Elderly

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-338

  Imperato, Jason ^a   Sanchez, Leon D ^b  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLOPURINOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; GATIFLOXACIN; HEPARIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGING; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTICOAGULATION; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL GAS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CATARACT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE DISORDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOGENESIS; TREMOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33645917976     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.01.002     Document Type: Review

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