Multicenter analysis of quality indicators for children treated in the emergency department for asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sills, Marion R ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^b   Clark, Sunday ^c   Camargo, Carlos A ^d  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Antiasthmatic agents; Asthma; Child; Outcome and process assessments (health care); Practice guideline; Preschool child; Quality of health care; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856530747     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3302     Document Type: Article

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