Effective use of corticosteroids in treatment of plastic bronchitis with hemoptysis in Chinese adults

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1206-1212

  Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, You Juan ^a   Luo, Feng Ming ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Jiang, Li Li ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Mao, Bing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Corticosteroids; Efficacy; Hemoptysis; Plastic bronchitis; Safety

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHITIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748794534     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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