Medical audit on asthma in an emergency department

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 248-251

  Linares, T ^a   Campos, A ^a   Torres, M ^a   Reyes, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthmatic crisis; Diagnosis; Emergency; Medical audit; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846409483     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13095872     Document Type: Article

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