Should acute treatment with inhaled beta agonists be withheld from patients with dyspnea who may have heart failure?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-145

  Maak, Carley Ann ^a   Tabas, Jeffrey A ^b   McClintock, Dana E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

albuterol; beta agonists; dyspnea; heart failure; pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISOPRENALINE; PIRBUTEROL; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; TERBUTALINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRONCHUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 79751536018     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.056     Document Type: Article

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