Inhaled budesonide in the management of acute worsenings and exacerbations of asthma: A review of the evidence

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 685-695

  Volovitz, Benjamin ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Budesonide; Efficacy

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FORMOTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY POWDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; OSTEOLYSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847307775     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.10.009     Document Type: Review

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