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Can we assess asthma severity using expiratory capnography in a pediatric emergency department?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Lisa Evered*
Affiliation:
At the time of writing, Drs. Evered and Pusic were with the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. Dr. Evered is now with the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., and Dr. Pusic is with the Division of Emergency Medicine, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Francine Ducharme
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal
G. Michael Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal
Martin Pusic
Affiliation:
At the time of writing, Drs. Evered and Pusic were with the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. Dr. Evered is now with the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., and Dr. Pusic is with the Division of Emergency Medicine, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
*
2C3.00 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Complex, University of Alberta, 8440 112th St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7; 780 407-3667, fax 780 407-3665, lisaevered@shaw.ca

Abstract

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Type
Brief Reports • Les exposés brefs
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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