Pharmacologic approaches to life-threatening asthma
Following a peak in asthma mortality in the late 1980s and early 1990s, we have been fortunate to see a substantial decrease in asthma deaths in recent years. Although most asthma deaths occur outside the hospital, near-fatal events are commonplace, with anywhere from 2–20% of patients with acute as...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-12-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465811398721 |