Frequency of prescription of inhaled corticosteroids to children with asthma in U.S. emergency departments

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 767-770

  Garro, Aris C ^a   Asnis, Lisa ^a   Merchant, Roland C ^a   McQuaid, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960529111     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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