The Annals of pharmacotherapy
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To determine whether the number of emergency department (ED) visits for acute asthma exacerbations could be decreased by providing patients with a comprehensive program of asthma management delivered by a pharmacist and a physician. ⋯ The comprehensive asthma management program reduced the number of ED visits for acute exacerbations of asthma.
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Comparative Study
Assessment of chemotherapy-induced emesis and evaluation of a reduced-dose intravenous ondansetron regimen in pediatric outpatients with leukemia.
To measure the severity of nausea and vomiting in pediatric patients receiving intravenous or intrathecal chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and to evaluate the effectiveness of 2 intravenous doses of ondansetron for this condition. ⋯ Etoposide/cytarabine proved to be the most emetogenic of the chemotherapy treatments studied. A reduced-dose regimen of intravenous ondansetron was shown to be an effective antiemetic for the outpatient treatments with etoposide/cytarabine and carmustine, but not with cyclophosphamide.