Follow-Up After Acute Asthma Episodes: What Improves Future Outcomes?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Schatz, Michael ^a   Rachelefsky, Gary ^b   Krishnan, Jerry A ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 68349126984     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.06.109     Document Type: Article

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