Advances in the diagnosis and management of asthma in older adults

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Al Alawi, Mazen ^a   Hassan, Tidi ^b   Chotirmall, Sanjay H ^c  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Elderly; Older adult; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY; OLDER ADULT; TREATMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEUTROPHILS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899443187     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.12.013     Document Type: Review

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