Discharge patterns of patients with asthma from the emergency department: A retrospective review

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 621-627

  Salerno, Edward L ^a,c   Wolf, Scott ^b   Troy, Patrick ^a   Horowitz, Sheryl ^b   Banever, Abigail ^b   Metersky, Mark ^a   Shore, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244485419     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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