Improving asthma control through telemedicine: A study of short-message service

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-35

  Ostojic, Vedran ^a,c   Cvoriscec, Branimir ^a   Ostojic, Sanja Barsic ^a   Reznikoff, Dimitry ^b   Stipic Markovic, Asja ^a   Tudjman, Zdenko ^d  

^a Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Div for Clin Immunol and Pulmon   (Croatia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ASTHMA CONTROL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW (PEF); SHORT-MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS);

TELEMEDICINE;

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METERED DOSE INHALER; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 15344344220     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2005.11.28     Document Type: Article

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