Intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus standard therapy for severe acute asthma (3Mg trial): A double-blind, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-300

  Goodacre, Steve ^a   Cohen, Judith ^a   Bradburn, Mike ^a   Gray, Alasdair ^b   Benger, Jonathan ^c   Coats, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE ASTHMA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTHMA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880045187     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70070-5     Document Type: Article

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