Inhaled corticosteroids as rescue medication in acute severe asthma

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Rodrigo, Gustavo J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Medicina Claeh Prado y Salt Lake   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acute asthma treatment; Beclomethasone; Budesonide; Flunisolide; Fluticasone; Inhaled corticosteroid; Nongenomic effect

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROUP; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 76649111299     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.4.6.723     Document Type: Review

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