Emergency department visits for acute asthma by adults who ran out of their inhaled medications

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Hasegawa, Kohei ^a   Brenner, Barry E ^b   Clark, Sunday ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLACK PERSON; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899863272     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2014.35.3747     Document Type: Article

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