Pediatric emergency departments are more likely than general emergency departments to treat asthma exacerbation with systemic corticosteroids

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-74

  Bekmezian, Arpi ^a   Hersh, Adam L ^a,b   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Cabana, Michael D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; corticosteroid; emergency medicine; medical care survey; pediatrics standards trends; physician's practice patterns standards trends; quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; PEDIATRICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 79952164254     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.535884     Document Type: Article

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