Are doctors still failing to assess and treat asthma attacks? An audit of the management of acute attacks in a Health District

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-401

  Pinnock, H ^a   Johnson, A ^b   Young, P ^b   Martin, N ^b  

^a Whitstable Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORTALITY; NEBULIZER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033056754     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0575     Document Type: Article

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