Management of acute asthma in adults in the emergency department: Assisted ventilation

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-272

  Hodder, Rick ^a   Lougheed, M Diane ^b   Fitzgerald, J Mark ^c   Rowe, Brian H ^d   Kaplan, Alan G ^e   McIvor, R Andrew ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIQUID VENTILATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIQUID VENTILATION; MALE;

EID: 77951803156     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080073     Document Type: Review

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