Predicting recovery from acute severe asthma.
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Predicting recovery from acute severe asthma.
Fifty-two patients admitted to hospital with acute severe asthma took part in a prospective study investigating the rate and pattern of their subsequent recovery. Clinical assessment of the severity of the acute attack on admission (according to pulse rate, degree of pulsus paradoxus, and peak expiratory flow rate) did not reliably predict the results of arterial blood gas analysis. Subjects we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.36.11.835