Measuring asthma disparities in Hispanics: Adherence to the national guidelines for asthma treatment in emergency departments in Puerto Rico

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 472-477

  Montealegre, Federico ^a   Chardon, Domingo ^a   Vargas, Wanda ^a   Bayona, Manuel ^b   Zavala, Diego ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEBULIZATION; NEWBORN; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 8644266747     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61415-9     Document Type: Article

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