Prehospital management of exacerbations of asthma: Relation to patient and disease characteristics

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-50

  Marks, Guy B ^a,b,d,e   Heslop, Wendy ^a   Yates, Deborah H ^a,c,d  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action plans; Psychological factors; Quality of life; Self management

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0034101959     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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