Factors associated with emergency department visits due to acute asthma

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1331-1338

  Dalcin, P T R ^a,b   Piovesan, D M ^a   Kang, S ^a   Fernandes, A K ^a   Franciscatto, E ^a   Millan, T ^a   Hoffmann, C ^a   Innocente, C ^a   Pereira, R P ^a   Menna Barreto, S S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Asthma; Emergency medicine; Emergency room visits

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 4444303737     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000900007     Document Type: Article

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