Factors for poor prognosis of near-fatal asthma after recovery from a life-threatening asthma attack

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 170-175

  Kim, Myung Shin ^a   Cho, Young Joo ^a   Moon, Hee Bom ^b   Cho, Sang Heon ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Prognosis; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR FATAL ASTHMA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63249124149     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.4.170     Document Type: Article

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