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Mar 2019
6m 48s

Acute Asthma

THOMAS WATCHMAN
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In this episode I cover acute asthma. If you want to follow along with written notes on asthma go to https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/respiratory/acuteasthma/ or find the respiratory section in the Zero to Finals medicine book. This episode covers the pathophysiology, triggers, presentation, diagnosis and management of acute asthma. The audio in the epis ... Show More
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