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(2010). Written action plan in pediatric emergency room improves asthma prescribing, adherence, and control. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine; 183: 195-203.Ducharme FM, Zemek RL, Chalut D, McGillivray D, Noya FJD, Resendes S, Khomenko L, Rouleau R, Zhang...
Outcomes Parent report of whether the child had (1) ever received inhaled steroids, (2) received influenza vaccination during the past season, and (3) received an asthma action plan in the past year. Results In unadjusted analyses, Latino children and those with minority-serving providers were ...
Patient Instruction Intervention Action Plan for Acute Symptoms of Asthma Summary The controversies and confusion regarding defining asthma are greater in the preschool-age child than later in childhood. This is caused, at least in part, by the varying clinical patterns of asthma, with the ...
703 AUDIT OF THE USE OF A WRITTEN ASTHMA ACTION PLAN IN A BUSY PEDIATRIC UNIT C. Walsh, G. Armstrong, B. McCord Paediatrics, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, UK Background and aims: A written action plan (WAP) is recommended for all patients with asthma, particularly those who have moderate...
Patients should have both a regular asthma/allergy action plan and an emergency asthma/allergy plan, Williams said. For kids, she uses a stoplight analogy, with green, yellow, and red, to help patients remember what they should do daily, when symptoms, such as a dry cough, begin and how...
Almost 5 million children in the United States have asthma, 1 and it is the most common reason for admission to pediatric hospitals. 2 Each year, asthma results in 10 million school absences, 2 5500 deaths,
On discharge, health professionals must inform the patient and ensure that he or she has a personalized plan of action [1]. A recent meta-analysis did not allow a conclusion to be drawn regarding the impact of these personalized action plans on mortality rate in adults [122]. In contrast,...
The administration of an action plan, filling prescriptions, quality improvement, documentation of severity, ED visits, and cost were looked at as primary outcomes in only one study each. One qualitative study was included. Of the 16 studies that reported a percentage of patients going home on ...
Pediatric patients may require consent from parents. Although legally it is necessary to document consent, it is more important for the patient to understand what a TM consult consists of. Sample telehealth informed consent forms can be obtained from the Telehealth Resource Center at http://...