1. Long-acting Beta-Agonists with and without Inhaled Corticosteroids and Catastrophic Asthma Events 
Shelley R. Salpeter, MD, FACP, Andrew J. Wall, MD, Nicholas S. Buckley 
The American Journal of Medicine 
Volume 123, Issue 4, Pages e2 (April 2010)
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2. Figure 1 Flow chart of trials search.
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3. Figure 2
Effect of long-acting β-agonists on asthma intubations and deaths. 1. Long-acting β-agonists with variable inhaled corticosteroids compared with placebo. 2. Long-acting β-agonists with concomitant inhaled corticosteroids compared with inhaled corticosteroids alone. n=number of participants with at least 1 asthma intubation or death; N=number of participants; SMART=Salmeterol Multi-center Asthma Research Trial; GSK=GlaxoSmithKline; OR = odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.
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