TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical Problem-Solving
T2 - Too Old for What?
AU - Osborne, Molly L.
AU - Wall, Michael
AU - Thibault, George E.
PY - 1993/8/12
Y1 - 1993/8/12
N2 - To the Editor: In the Clinical Problem-Solving feature (April 1 issue),1 an 87-year-old woman with no known heart or pulmonary disease went to see her physician because she was short of breath. The article does not address the inappropriate treatment for asthma that the patient was given early in her clinical evaluation – theophylline (Theo-Dur), erythromycin, and bed rest. There are at least two reasons not to institute asthma therapy with a theophylline preparation and erythromycin. First, as outlined in the National Asthma Expert Panel Report, inhaled beta2-agonists should be the initial treatment for episodic asthma2. Second,…
AB - To the Editor: In the Clinical Problem-Solving feature (April 1 issue),1 an 87-year-old woman with no known heart or pulmonary disease went to see her physician because she was short of breath. The article does not address the inappropriate treatment for asthma that the patient was given early in her clinical evaluation – theophylline (Theo-Dur), erythromycin, and bed rest. There are at least two reasons not to institute asthma therapy with a theophylline preparation and erythromycin. First, as outlined in the National Asthma Expert Panel Report, inhaled beta2-agonists should be the initial treatment for episodic asthma2. Second,…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199308123290717
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199308123290717
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8332170
AN - SCOPUS:0027317789
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 329
SP - 509
EP - 510
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -