Management of acute severe and near-fatal asthma

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Holley, Anthony D ^a,b   Boots, Robert J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute severe asthma; Critical asthma; Near fatal asthma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; HELIOX; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; ZAFIRLUKAST; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGED; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; ALBUTEROL; AMINOPHYLLINE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; EPINEPHRINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IPRATROPIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68749091298     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01195.x     Document Type: Review

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