Addition of intravenous aminophylline to inhaled beta2-agonists in adults with acute asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nair, Parameswaran ^a   Milan, Stephen J ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^c,d  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; DRUG COMBINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874146341     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002742.pub2     Document Type: Article

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