Early administration of two intravenous bolus of aminophylline added to the standard treatment of children with acute asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-161

  Silveira D'Ávila, Rosângela ^a   Piva, Jefferson P ^a   José Cauduro Marostica, Paulo ^a   Luís Amantea, Sérgio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DA CRIANÇA SANTO ANTÔNIO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminophylline; Asthma; Bronchodilators; Children; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOLUS INJECTION; BRONCHODILATATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMINOPHYLLINE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36448984974     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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