The patient with asthma in the emergency department

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 14-29

  Adams, Jason Y ^a   Sutter, Mark E ^a   Albertson, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; KETAMINE; LEVALBUTEROL; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLXANTHINE; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISONE; PROCATEROL; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; ZAFIRLUKAST;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871660295     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-011-8273-z     Document Type: Article

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