Efficacy of nebulized fluticasone propionate in adult patients admittedto the emergency department due to bronchial asthma attack

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 568-571

  Starobin, Daniel ^a,b   Bolotinsky, Ludmila ^a,b   Or, Jack ^a,b   Fink, Gershon ^a,b   Shtoeger, Zev ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Emergency department; Nebulized fluticasone propionate; Systemic steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FLIXOTIDE NEBULES; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTADIENES; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE;

EID: 55249100515     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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