National Guidelines at a glance: Asthma

SA Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Butler, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CICLESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FENOTEROL; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MEPREDNISONE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADD ON THERAPY; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLD EXPOSURE; COUGHING; DANDER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DUST; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRASS POLLEN; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELF CARE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKE; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 77953468078     PISSN: 10151362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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