The critically ill asthmatic - From ICU to discharge

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 30-44

  Louie, Samuel ^a   Morrissey, Brian M ^a   Kenyon, Nicholas J ^a   Albertson, Timothy E ^a,b   Avdalovic, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Near fatal asthma; Severe asthma; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FUROSEMIDE; HELIOX; HEPARIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLXANTHINE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM NITRATE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ADD ON THERAPY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEAR FATAL ASTHMA; NEBULIZATION; NERVOUSNESS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 84871651905     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-011-8274-y     Document Type: Article

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