Interventions to Teach Inhaler Techniques, Risk Stratification of Asthma Exacerbations with Sputum Eosinophils, and High-Dose Infusion of Magnesium Sulfate for Severe Asthma

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¹ 1 Pulmonology Residency Program and.
² 2 Sleep Medicine Department, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.

Comment

Sebastián Rodríguez-Llamazares et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 1;195(11):1528-1530.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1790RR.

¹ 1 Pulmonology Residency Program and.
² 2 Sleep Medicine Department, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.

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