کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3251255 1589212 2007 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Treatment strategies for reducing asthma-related emergency department visits
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب اورژانس
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Treatment strategies for reducing asthma-related emergency department visits
چکیده انگلیسی

Acute asthma exacerbations reflect inadequate long-term disease control. Treatment to control acute asthma exacerbations includes: 1) rapid reversal of airflow obstruction with bronchodilators and systemic corticosteroids and reversing hypoxemia with oxygen in the emergency department (ED); 2) preventing early relapse by prescribing beta2 agonists and oral corticosteroids at discharge and ensuring patients have an adequate supply of their other asthma medications; and 3) preventing future asthma exacerbations and ED visits through effective treatment in primary care. This article discusses each treatment and reviews the role of emergency physicians in treating patients to reverse airflow obstruction and prevent early relapse, future exacerbations, and ED visits by communicating the need for additional asthma control to patients’ primary care physicians.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 27–39
نویسندگان
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