Rhabdomyolysis following life-threatening acute asthma attack
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Acute asthma and the life threatening episode.
OBJECTIVE To present a clinical approach to the management of acute asthma and the life threatening episode of asthma. DATA SOURCES A review of published peer-review articles and studies reported from 1966 to 1999 and identified through a MEDLINE search on the management of acute asthma, status asthmaticus and acute fulminant asthma. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Asthma is a disease caused by a chronic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07421.x