Predicting response to therapy in acute asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-38

  Rodrigo, Gustavo J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Medicina Claeh Roosevelt   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Assessment; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149229337     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32831da852     Document Type: Review

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