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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2018
Community asthma management of emergency department patients: A pilot study of adherence with national consensus guidelines.
- Nicholas D Ross, David McD Taylor, Ashleigh J Sellar, Hayley H Chen, Luke D Plant, Daniel McLean, Paul Berlingeri, Rex Gavan, Tracey J Weiland, Jonathan C Knott, and Christine F McDonald.
- Department of Medicine and Radiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2018 Jun 1; 30 (3): 423-425.
AbstractWe aimed to determine whether the outpatient management of ED patients with asthma adheres to Australia's Asthma Consensus Guidelines. Adult patients, under treatment for asthma, were administered a validated questionnaire. Data on their outpatient management were collected and analysed descriptively. Of 51 patients, 14 smoked and 35 did not undergo regular GP review. Twenty-one patients had a good understanding of a written asthma action plan although only 15 owned one. Fourteen patients used no preventer medication. Patients were only able to identify a mean of 3.4 asthma triggers. Most patients' management does not adhere to Australian guidelines.© 2018 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.
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