Children with asthma on inhaled corticosteroids managed in general practice or by hospital paediatricians: Is there a difference?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Kuethe, Maarten C ^a   Vaessen Verberne, Anja A ^a   Bindels, Patrick J ^b   Van Aalderen, Wim M ^c  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; General practitioner; Inhaled corticosteroids; Lung function; Management; Paediatrician; Paediatrics; Primary care

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INHALER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDNISOLONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77749239876     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00063     Document Type: Article

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