Nebulized budesonide added to standard pediatric emergency department treatment of acute asthma: A randomized, double-blind trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 665-673

  Upham, Bryan D ^a,b,c   Mollen, Cynthia J ^b,c   Scarfone, Richard J ^b,c   Seiden, Jeffrey ^b,c,d   Chew, Amber ^b   Zorc, Joseph J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Virtua West Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VITAL SIGN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BUDESONIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IPRATROPIUM; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960550697     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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