Is ketamine effective for the management of acute asthma exacerbations in children?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 309-310

  Maddox, Randolph P ^a   Seupaul, Rawle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PLACEBO;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; KETAMINE;

EID: 84894050633     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.08.017     Document Type: Editorial

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