What prevents hospitalizations and relapse from asthma?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-189

  Weinberger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031713191     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62811-6     Document Type: Editorial

References (32)

1. KB Weiss PJ Gergen T Hodgson An economic evaluation of asthma in the United States N Engl J Med 326 1992 862 866
2. LJ Kozak C Norton M McManus E McCarthy Hospital use patterns for children in the United States, 1983 and 1984 Pediatrics 80 1987 481 490
3. LS Wissow AM Gittelsohn FA Szklo B Starfield M Mussman Poverty, race, and hospitalization for childhood asthma Am J Public Health 78 1988 777 782
4. DM Mannino DM Homa CA Pertowski Surveilance for asthma-United States, 1960–1995 MMWR 47 1998 1 7 (April 24).
5. National Asthma Education Program Expert Panel Report. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. NHLBI, Bethesda MD, USDHHS Publication No. 91–3042, 1991.
6. CL Emmerman RK Cydulka Behavioral and environmental factors associated with acute exacerbations of asthma Ann Allergy Asthma Immunology 81 1998 239 242
7. P Fireman GA Friday GC Gira Teaching self-management skills to asthmatic children and their parents in an ambulatory care setting Pediatrics 68 1981 341 348
8. M Weinberger T Humphries L Vaughan Outcome of a management program for asthma utilizing systematic assessment, a sequential pharmacological selection procedure, and implementation by self-management techniques Am Rev Respir Dis 1986 133A41
9. CE Bucknall C Robertson F Moran RD Stevenson Differences in hospital asthma management Lancet 1 1988 748 750
10. PH Mayo J Richman HW Harris Results of a program to reduce admissions for adult asthma Ann Intern Med 112 1990 864 871
11. TM Kelso N Abou-Shala BM Heilker Comprehensive long-term management program for asthma: effect on outcomes in adult African-Americans Am J Med Sci 311 1996 272 280
12. EA Mitchell International trends in hospital admission rates for asthma Arch Dis Child 60 1985 376 378
13. PJ Gergen KB Weiss Changing patterns of asthma hospitalization among children: 1979 to 1987 JAMA 264 1990 1688 1692
14. J Bousquet F Hatton P Godard FB Michel Asthma mortality in France J Allergy Clin Immunol 80 1987 389 394
15. HH Rea MR Sears R Beaglehole Lessons from the national asthma mortality study: circumstances surrounding death N Z Med J 100 1987 10 13
16. LP Kravis GB Kolski Unexpected death in childhood asthma Am J Dis Child 139 1985 558 563
17. MT Nguyen K Patterson RM Sly Causes of death from asthma in children Ann Allergy 55 1985 448 453
18. JE Spykerboer WJ Donnelly YH Thong Parental knowledge and misconceptions about asthma: a controlled study Soc Sci Med 22 1986 553 558
19. BL Sinclair DWJ Clark MR Sears How well do New Zealand patients understand and manage their asthma? A community study N Z Med J 100 1987 674 677
20. JGW Burdon EF Juniper KJ Killian The perception of breathlessness in asthma Am Rev Respir Dis 1982 1982 825 826
21. AR Rubinfeld MCF Pain Perception of asthma Lancet 1 1976 882 885
22. CH Feldman Asthma education: gen aspects of childhood programs J Allergy Clin Immunol 80 1987 494 497
23. NM Clark Asthma self-management education: research and implications for clinical practice Chest 95 1989 1110 1113
24. MC Hindi-Alexander Asthma education programs: their role in asthma morbidity and mortality J Allergy Clin Immunol 80 1987 492 494
25. TL Creer Self-management in the treatment of childhood asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol 80 1987 500 505
26. S Hilton HR Anderson B Sibbald P Freeling Controlled evaluation of the effects of patient education on asthma morbidity in general practice. Health Education Lancet 1 1986 26 29
27. J Howland H Bauchner R Adai The impact of pediatric asthma education on morbidity: assessing the evidence Chest 94 1988 964 969
28. LS Wissow M Warshow J Box D Baker Case management and quality assurance to improve care of inner-city children with asthma Am J Dis Child 142 1988 748 752
29. M Weinberger Outcome of treatment Managing asthma 1990 Williams & Wilkins Baltimore 181 185
30. TA Lieu CP Quesenberry AM Capra Outpatient management practices associated with reduced risk of pediatric asthma hospitalization and emergency department visits Pediatrics 100 1997 334 341
31. M Weinberger Preventing hospital admissions for asthma [Letter] Pediatrics 101 1998 951 952
32. Weinberger M. Managing asthma: guidelines for the primary care physician. Medscape Respiratory care 1(7), 1997; http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/RespiratoryCare/1997/v01.n08/mrc3045.weinberger/mrc3045.weinberger.html or Virtual Hospital, http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinGuide/Asthma/Asthma.html