Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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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.
We 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. ⋯ 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.