Pregnancy related treatment disparities of acute asthma exacerbations in the emergency department

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1434-1440

  McCallister, Jennifer W ^a   Benninger, Cathy G ^a   Frey, Heather A ^b   Phillips, Gary S ^c   Mastronarde, John G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Pregnancy; Treatment disparities

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051913897     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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