The proportion of asthma and patterns of asthma medications prescriptions among adult patients in the chest, accident and emergency units of a tertiary health care facility in Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-53

  Kirenga, J B ^a   Okot Nwang, M ^a  

^a Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital and Makerere College of Health Sciences   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEBULIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UGANDA; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UGANDA;

EID: 84859826338     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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