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Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Schatz, Michael ^a   Kazzi, Amin Antoine Nabih ^b   Brenner, Barry ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^d   Corbridge, Thomas ^e   Krishnan, Jerry A ^f   Nowak, Richard ^g   Rachelefsky, Gary ^h  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

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

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Chicago   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; SHORT ACTING BETA AGONIST; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INHALER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OXIMETER; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 68349162732     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.06.104     Document Type: Article

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