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

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-366

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WHEEZING;

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

EID: 69249160582     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.P09ST2     Document Type: Review

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