The role of exhaled nitric oxide in evaluation of acute asthma in a pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Kwok, Maria Y ^a,b   Walsh Kelly, Christine M ^a,c   Gorelick, Marc H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Children; Emergency department; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONAL EXCRETION OF NITRIC OXIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETER; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149508511     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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