Can an evidence-based guideline reminder card improve asthma management in the emergency department?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1263-1270

  To, Teresa ^a,b,c   Wang, Chengning ^a   Dell, Sharon D ^a,b   Fleming Carroll, Bonnie ^b   Parkin, Patricia ^a,b   Scolnik, Dennis ^b   Ungar, Wendy J ^a,c   Bikangaga, Peter ^d   Petrou, Constantine ^e   MacLusky, Ian ^b   Ghulmiyyah, May ^b   Shahsavar, Azim ^b   Zlatanovski, Miki ^b   Vasilevska Ristovska, Jovanka ^b   Reisman, Joseph ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d William Osler Health Centre   (Canada)

^e TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma management guideline; Children; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955660962     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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