Effectiveness of emergency department asthma management strategies on return visits in children: A population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b,c   Zagorski, Brandon ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a,c   Schull, Michael ^a,c   Razzaq, Asma ^a   To, Teresa ^a,b,c   Anderson, Geoff ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Guidelines; Return visits; Standardized order sheets

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36849093417     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0168     Document Type: Article

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