Quality of care for acute asthma in 63 US emergency departments

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-361

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Gordon, James A ^a   Kaushal, Rainu ^b   Magid, David J ^c   Blumenthal, David ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; emergency department; guidelines; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59449099636     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.10.051     Document Type: Article

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