Quality of emergency care provided by physician assistants and nurse practitioners in acute asthma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-491

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951895397     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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