Characteristics of Acute Asthma Patients Attended Frequently Compared with Those Attended Only Occasionally in an Emergency Department

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-690

  Fernandes, Andréia Kist ^a   Mallmann, Felipe ^a   Steinhorst, Ana Maria Pasquali ^a   Nogueira, Fernando Lopes ^a   Ávila, Eduardo Müller ^a   Saucedo, Dumitriu Zunino ^a   Machado, Francisco Juchem ^a   Raymundi, Marcelo Gregório ^a   Barreto, Sérgio Saldanha Menna ^a   Dalcin, Paulo de Tarso Roth ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Asthma; Emergency medicine; Emergency room visits

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELAPSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALERS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 0142021827     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120023487     Document Type: Article

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