Managing asthma exacerbations in the emergency department: Summary of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3 guidelines for the management of asthma exacerbations

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a   Rachelefsky, Gary ^b   Schatz, Michael ^c  

^a Division of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute asthma; Asthma exacerbation; emergency department; Expert Panel Report 3; respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BITOLTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; ISOPRENALINE; LEVALBUTEROL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; PIRBUTEROL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749095921     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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