Guidelines for asthma management: A review and comparison of 5 current guidelines

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-767

  Myers, Timothy R ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchodilators; Corticosteroids; Education; Management; Practice guidelines; Severity; Sontrol; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN A; GOLD SALT; HELIOX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLXANTHINE; NEDOCROMIL; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SELF CARE; SPIROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349148013     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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