Emergency Department Treatment of Severe Acute Asthma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 564-566

  Rowe, Brian H ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ISOPRENALINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646507736     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.02.008     Document Type: Editorial

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