Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Mar 2008
The asthma emergency department visit: treating a crisis in the midst of uncontrolled disease.
Patients with asthma who require emergency department (ED) care are burdened with asthma symptoms, are at risk for hospitalization, and use expensive resources. ⋯ Patients with asthma exacerbations most often had uncontrolled asthma before the ED visit that subsequently deteriorated, temporarily improved with ED treatment, and continued as uncontrolled asthma after the ED visit. Although improvements in care were reported 1 month after the ED visit, opportunities for additional improvement were observed.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Mar 2008
Physician adherence to the national asthma prescribing guidelines: evidence from national outpatient survey data in the United States.
The Expert Panel 2 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-2 guidelines) were developed to improve medication prescribing for patients with persistent asthma and to control acute exacerbations of asthma. In addition, these guidelines also encourage physician-provided asthma education. Little is known about prescribing adherence to EPR-2 guidelines. ⋯ Physician prescribing of asthma pharmacotherapy does not adequately comply with EPR-2 treatment guidelines.