A prospective multicenter study of written action plans among emergency department patients with acute asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 532-538

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a   Reed, Caitlin R ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^b   Clark, Sunday ^a   Emond, Stephen D ^c,d   Radeos, Mike S ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

Action plans; Asthma; Education; Emergency medicine; Self management

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 51349107544     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900801978573     Document Type: Article

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