Randomized controlled trial of emergency department interventions to improve primary care follow-up for patients with acute asthma

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Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Baren, Jill M ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^b   Brenner, Barry E ^c   Cydulka, Rita K ^d   Rowe, Brian H ^e   Clark, Sunday ^f   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^g  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Follow up; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 33344464792     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.2.257     Document Type: Article

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