Care of asthmatic patients in primary health care centers

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-28

  Al Shammari, Sulaiman A ^a,c   Khoja, Tawfik A ^b   Al Ansary, Lubna A ^a   Al Yamani, Mohammad J M S ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029927614     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.24     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Buist AS, Vollmer WM. Reflections on the rise in asthma morbidity and mortality. JAMA 1990;264:1719-20.
2. Weiss KB, Wagner DK. Changing patterns of asthma mortality: identifying target populations at high risk. JAMA 1990;264:1683-7.
3. Levy M, Hilton S. Has asthma changed? In: Asthma in general practice. London: J R Coll Gen Pract 1992:8-15.
4. Fleming DM, Norbury CA, Crombie DL. Annual and seasonal variation in the incidence of common diseases: twenty-three years' experience of the weekly returns, service of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Occasional paper 53, London: J R Coll Gen Pract Publication 1991:7-9.
5. Ibrahim MA, El-Gamal FM, Kordy MN, Bahnassy AA. Epidemiological study of patients with acute asthma attending accident and emergency department. Ann Saudi Med 1993;13:52-5.
6. Teklu B. Pattern of respiratory diseases seen at the chest clinic in Asir Central Hospital. Saudi Med J 1990;11:160.
7. Al-Frayh AR, Bener A, Al-Jawadi TQ. Prevalence of asthma among Saudi school children. Saudi Med J 1992;13:521-4.
8. Shires L. Medical audit of asthmatics. J R Coll Gen Pract 1992;27:1-32.
9. Al-Mazrou Y, Al-Shehri S, Rao M. Principle and practice of primary health care. Directorate of Health Centers, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Riyadh: Al-Helal Press, 1990:13-7.
10. Primary health care: report of the international conference on primary health care. "Health for all" series no. 1. Alma-Ata, USSR, 1978. Geneva: WHO 1978:23-34.
11. Al-Shammari SA, Khoja T, Jarallah JS. Public attitude towards acceptability, availability and accessibility of immunization services in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med 1992;12:339-44.
12. Nie NH, Hull CH, Jenkins G, et al. Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS/PC). 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
13. Levy M, Hilton S. Asthma in practice - clinical series. Cellin Waine, ed. J R Coll Gen Pract 1992;1-32.
14. Howie JGR, Bigg AR. Family trends in psychotropic and antibiotics prescribing in general practice. Br Med J 1980;280:836-8.
15. Griffith S. A review of the factors associated with patient compliance and the taking of prescribed medicines. Br J Gen Pract 1990;40:114-6.
16. Cokson WOCM, Faux JA, Sharp PA. Linkage between immunoglobulin E responses underlying asthma and rhinitis and chromosome 11q. Lancet 1989:1:1292-4.
17. Tudor HJ. Wheezing in young children: problems of measurement and management. J R Coll Gen Pract 1986;36:78-81.
18. Gregg I. Epidemiological aspects. In: Clark YJH, Godfrey S, eds. Asthma, 2nd ed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1983:242-84.
19. Johnson D, Osborn LM. Cough variant asthma: a review of the clinical literature. J Asthma 1991;28:85-90.
20. International consensus report on diagnosis and treatment of asthma. International Report, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Publication No. 92-3091, Eur Respir J 1992; 5:601-41.
21. Pearson R. The case for asthma clinics in general practice. Mod Med 1988;33:125-8.
22. Pearson R. Nurses in the management of asthma. Practitioner 1991; 235:497-51.
23. Jones K. Asthma - still a challenge for general practice. J R Coll Gen Pract 1989;39:254-6.