Asthma fatalities at the emergency department of the Singapore general hospital

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-34

  Chew, Huck Chin ^a   Eng, Philip ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma deaths; Bronchial asthma; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33845994425     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000224433.43999.ce     Document Type: Article

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