Early prognosis of acute asthma in the emergency room;Avaliação prognóstica precoce da asma aguda na sala de emergência

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Piovesan, Deise Marcela ^a   Menegotto, Diego Milan ^b   Kang, Suzie ^b   Franciscatto, Eduardo ^b   Millan, Thaís ^a   Hoffmann, Cristine ^b   Pasin, Lílian Rech ^b   Fischer, Josiane ^b   Menna Barreto, Sérgio Saldanha ^b   Roth Dalcin, Paulo De Tarso ^b,c  

^a Técnico e Industrial pela Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul Fapergs   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Asthma; Cohort studies; Emergency Service, Hospital; Prognosis; Respiratory mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646725568     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132006000100004     Document Type: Article

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