Emergency Treatment of Asthma
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Emergency Treatment of Asthma
Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 46-year-old woman who has had two admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) for asthma during the past year presents with a 4-day history of upper respiratory illness and a 6-hour history of shortness of breath and wheezing. An inhaled corticosteroid has been prescribed, but she takes it only when she has symptoms, which is rarely. She general...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp1003469