Effect of a preprinted form on the management of acute asthma in an accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-97

  Robinson, S M ^a,b   Harrison, B D W ^a   Lambert, M A ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Preprinted form

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029914563     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.2.93     Document Type: Article

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