Abstract
We review the pathophysiological alterations at work in asthma and outline pharmacological agents that are available for emergency therapeutic intervention, offering some general principles for management. A combined overview of predictors of outcome in asthmatic episodes in children also is presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 79-89 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Annals of emergency medicine |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1987 |
Keywords
- asthma, in children
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine