Pulmonary function testing in the emergency department and medications prescribed at discharge: Results of the multinational acute asthma management, burden, and outcomes (MAMBO) study

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Fitzgerald, J Mark ^a   O'Byrne, Paul M ^b   McFetridge, Jeffrey T ^c   Demuth, Dirk ^d   Allen Ramey, Felicia C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADELPHI REAL WORLD   (United Kingdom)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Asthma; Disease severity; Drug therapy; Emergency department; Exacerbation; Guidelines; Lung function; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954921892     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00005     Document Type: Article

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