North American practice patterns of intravenous magnesium therapy in severe acute asthma in children

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1189-1196

  Schuh, Suzanne ^a   MacIas, Charles ^b   Freedman, Stephen B ^a   Plint, Amy C ^c,d   Zorc, Joseph J ^e   Bajaj, Lalit ^f   Black, Karen J ^g   Johnson, David W ^h   Boutis, Kathy ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute asthma; children; emergency department; IV magnesium

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349234298     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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