Practice patterns in asthma discharge pharmacotherapy in pediatric emergency departments: A pediatric emergency research Canada study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages E1019-E1026

  Schuh, Suzanne ^a   Zemek, Roger ^b   Plint, Amy ^b   Black, Karen J L ^c   Freedman, Stephen ^a   Porter, Robert ^d   Gouin, Serge ^e   Johnson, David W ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866413338     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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