Predictors of repeat visits to the emergency room by asthmatic children in primary care

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1278-1285

  Mohammed, Fawwaz ^a,c   Bootoor, Sarita ^a,c   Panday, Avidesh ^a,c   Ramdass, Avinash ^a,c   Reemaul, Jeanine ^a,c   Sharma, Anu ^a,c   Ivey, Marsha ^a,b   Pinto Pereira, Lexley M ^a,b  

^a University of the West Indies ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Caribbean Epidemiology Center   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children adolescents; Emergency room

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PERFUME; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; ONSET AGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33746685685     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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