Scheduled follow-up after a pediatric emergency department visit for asthma: A randomized trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Zorc, Joseph J ^a,b   Scarfone, Richard J ^a   Li, Yuelin ^a   Hong, Travis ^a   Harmelin, Melina ^a   Grunstein, Lev ^a   Andre, Jalal B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Emergency; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEDOCROMIL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037342556     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.495     Document Type: Article

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