Aerosolized β2-agonists in the intensive care unit: Just do it

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-5

  Bauer, Torsten T ^a   Torres, Antoni ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN; SALBUTAMOL; SURFACTANT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AEROSOL; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AEROSOLS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 85047686200     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00020870     Document Type: Editorial

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