Pediatric asthma admissions: Chronic severity and acute exacerbations

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-289

  Elizur, Arnon ^a,b   Bacharier, Leonard B ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma exacerbations; Asthma severity; Corticosteroids; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; STEROID; TERBUTALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; RACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249748365     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701340445     Document Type: Article

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