Nebulized Ipratropium Bromide in Acute Pediatric Asthma: Does It Reduce Hospital Admissions Among Children Presenting to the Emergency Department?☆☆☆★
Received 4 March 1999; received in revised form 8 April 1999; accepted 21 April 1999.
Abstract
[Rowe BH, Travers AH, Holroyd BR, Kelly KD, Bota GW: Nebulized ipratropium bromide in acute pediatric asthma: Does it reduce hospital admissions among children presenting to the emergency department? Ann Emerg Med July 1999;34:75-85.]
From the Division of Emergency Medicine* and The Department of Public Health Sciences,‡ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Sudbury Regional Hospital Corporation,§ Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
☆ Address for reprints: Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Room 1G1.63 WMC, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada; 780-407-7047, fax 780-407-3314; E-mail brian.rowe@ualberta.ca.
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