Adequacy of outpatient management of asthma patients admitted to a state hospital in Argentina

Respirology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Raimondi, Guillermo A ^a   Menga, Guillermo ^b   Rizzo, Oscar ^b   Mercurio, Sandra ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^b Directora del departamento de EPID   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Exacerbation; Guidelines; Hospitalization; Management; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 18344375108     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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