Asthma in pregnancy: Physiology, diagnosis, and management

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 349-358

  Kelly, William ^a   Massoumi, Ali ^b   Lazarus, Angeline ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Military Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c Walter Reed Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhaled corticosteroids; Long acting agonist; Pregnancy; Short acting agonist

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETAMETHASONE; BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMALIZUMAB; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; METERED DOSE INHALER; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN TEST; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84939439043     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2015.1016386     Document Type: Article

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