Action planAsthmaEczemaAllergyAnaphylaxisHealthcare qualityBackground Individualised Action Plans (APs) are a key management tool for paediatric asthma, allergy, anaphylaxis and eczema. They provide salient care instructions for patients and caregivers and are thought to improve disease outcomes, albeit ...
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patient outcomes included receipt of a written asthma action plan (WAAP), appropriate medication use, parent days away from work, and child days away from school or child care. GP outcomes included frequency of providing a WAAP and patient education, communication and ...
'As part of the Dental Recovery Plan, Assessment of Clinical Oral Risks and Need - ACORN - was introduced. One of the key learnings from the reform programme was that ACORN shifts focus from treatment to patient engagement, prevention and management of dental diseases as chronic conditions. ACO...
You receive a call for a 9-year-old boy with shortness of breath. He has a history of asthma and has had increased symptoms after developing a fever and a cough today. He has no allergies. He uses albuterol (salbutamol) as needed, but ran out yesterday. On arrival ...
Entstehung der Leitlinien Der European Resuscitation Council (ERC) gab in den Jahren 1994, 1998, 2000 und 2005 jeweils Leitlinien zu den erweiterten lebensrettenden Maßnahmen bei Kindern heraus („paediatric life support“, PLS; [1,2,3,4,5]]. Die beiden letzten Versionen basierten dabei...
Only 60% had a written personalised asthma action plan (PAAP).Conclusion Our data suggests that most patients present in extremis and have little warning signs of severity of the attack. Better education on recognition of symptoms and initiation of action plans is required....
action plandeveloping countriesAsthma is a chronic disease that is increasing in prevalence all over the world. The use of inhaled corticosteroids is the main treatment for asthma control. The use of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines may improve the quality of asthma treatment. ...
The need for an asthma action plan and asthma clinic follow up was raised by 85% and 76% of trainees respectively.We sought to assess the knowledge of trainees on predisposing factors for early-onset multi-trigger wheeze. The two most predictive risk factors are a personal history of eczema,...
Were included children with uncontrolled asthma [ACT child score below 19] and frequent visits in Emergency Department in 2014. Both parents and children were educated in basic inhalation technique [video-training], received a written-action plan (WAP) and a link to "Virtual Asthma Hospital". ...
The number of patients with an ED action plan increased. The number of CXR ordered decreased and the hospital admission rate decreased. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that implementation of an asthma CPG worksheet in a tertiary paediatric ED resulted in modest changes in clinical practice, ...