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The Patient with Asthma in the Emergency Department

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Patients of all ages present to the emergency department (ED) with respiratory ­distress and wheezing. Initial evaluation entails assessing the severity of the respiratory distress and determining if an acute exacerbation of asthma is the cause.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA

    Jason Y. Adams MD

  2. VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA, USA

    Jason Y. Adams MD

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Mark E. Sutter MD

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Adams, J.Y., Sutter, M.E. (2012). The Patient with Asthma in the Emergency Department. In: Gershwin, M., Albertson, T. (eds) Bronchial Asthma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6836-4_7

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