Outcome of patients with severe asthma in the intensive care unit

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-465

  Alzeer, Abdulaziz ^a   BaHammam, Ahmed ^a   Masood, Mohammed ^a   Jani Basha, Sayed ^a   Alhamad, Esam ^a   Sohail, Sayed ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; KETAMINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APACHE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BAROTRAUMA; BLOOD PH; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33846656148     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.461     Document Type: Article

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