Corticosteroids in the treatment of acute asthma

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 187-192

  Alangari, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; emergency department; inhaled corticosteroids; systemic corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

EID: 84907011947     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.140120     Document Type: Review

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