General principles of asthma management: Symptom monitoring

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-596

  Lum Lung, Colleen ^a,c   Lum Lung, Michael ^b  

^a Innovex   (United States)

^b HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPHYSEMA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; CLASSIFICATION; COUGHING; FLOWMETER; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASTHMA; COUGH; FLOWMETERS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 2342582666     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6465(03)00114-2     Document Type: Review

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