Increasing the Use of Anti-Inflammatory Agents for Acute Asthma in the Emergency Department: Experience with an Asthma Care Map

PURPOSE: Acute asthma is a common emergency department (ED) presentation and variation in its management is well recognized. The present study examined the use of an asthma care map (ACM) in one Canadian ED to improve adherence to acute asthma guidelines, emphasizing the use of systemic corticostero...

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Main Authors: Brian H Rowe, Anthony M Chahal, Carol H Spooner, Sandra Blitz, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Deborah Wilson, Brian R Holroyd, Michael Bullard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/431390
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