Asthma management in accident and emergency and the BTS guidelines - A study of the impact of clinical audit

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 392-394

  Stell, Ian M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Clinical audit; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEBULIZER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029855577     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.392     Document Type: Article

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