Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening Asthma

OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential impact on the risk of life-threatening asthma of current recommendations in pharmacotherapy, which emphasize the early use of steroids and the avoidance of beta-agonist overuse.

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Main Authors: Pierre Ernst, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Donald W Cockcroft, Samy Suissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1995-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/584143
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spelling doaj-art-fc4a229901a04aefbe767c74bc44ed392025-02-03T01:00:29ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411995-01-0121343910.1155/1995/584143Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening AsthmaPierre Ernst0Brenda Hemmelgarn1Donald W Cockcroft2Samy Suissa3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To assess the potential impact on the risk of life-threatening asthma of current recommendations in pharmacotherapy, which emphasize the early use of steroids and the avoidance of beta-agonist overuse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/584143
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Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening Asthma
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening Asthma
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title_full_unstemmed Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening Asthma
title_short Overreliance on Bronchodilators as a Risk Factor for Life-Threatening Asthma
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