Low incidence of complications in asthmatic patients treated with preoperative corticosteroids

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 327-333

  Su, Fannie W ^a   Beckman, Dawn B ^a   Yarnold, Paul A ^a   Grammer, Leslie C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 8844267634     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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