A tool to organize instructions at discharge after treatment of asthmatic children in an emergency department

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 597-603

  Petersen, Donna L ^a,b   Murphy, Daniel E ^a,b   Jaffe, David M ^a,b,d,f   Richardson, Mark S ^a,b   Fisher Jr , Edwin B ^e,f   Shannon, William ^f   Sussman, Linda ^e,f   Strunk, Robert C ^a,b,c,f  

^a Department of Respiratory Care ^*  (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^e Division of Health Behavior Research   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Education; Follow up advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0032869710     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909087297     Document Type: Article

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