Regular treatment with salmeterol and inhaled steroids for chronic asthma: Serious adverse events

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cates, Christopher J ^a   Cates, M J ^b   Lasserson, T ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CROMONE DERIVATIVE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; PLACEBO; SALMETEROL; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTUBATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY;

EID: 44949099416     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006922     Document Type: Review

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