دورية أكاديمية
Patients with a longer duration of asthma symptoms are more likely to require admission to hospital
| العنوان: | Patients with a longer duration of asthma symptoms are more likely to require admission to hospital |
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| المؤلفون: | Kelly, Anne-Maree, Powell, Colin VE, Kerr, Debra |
| بيانات النشر: | Blackwell Publishing |
| سنة النشر: | 2002 |
| المجموعة: | Victoria University Melbourne: VU Eprint Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1110 Nursing, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, asthma, duration, phenotype |
| الوصف: | Objective: To determine whether, for patients with moderate or severe asthma presenting to emergency departments, there is a difference in need for hospitalization between those with a duration of symptoms less than 6 h and those with a longer duration of symptoms. Methods: This prospective, observational study investigated a sample of patients presenting with acute asthma between 21 August and the 3 September 2000, attending study emergency departments and classified as having moderate or severe asthma according to the National Asthma Guidelines. Data collected included duration of symptoms (less than 6 h or greater than 6 h) and disposition following emergency department treatment (home, ward, intensive care unit, high dependency unit, transfer). Data analysis was by Chi square analysis. Results: Of 381 eligible patients, 348 had sufficient data for entry into this study (33 had missing data). Patients with duration of symptoms more than 6 h were more likely to require hospital admission (P < 0.0001). The relative risk for hospital admission or transfer as opposed to discharge from the emergency department for the group with a duration of symptoms of more than 6 h was 2.2. Conclusion: Patients presenting with moderate or severe asthma and a duration of symptoms of more than 6 h are more likely to require hospital admission or transfer for further treatment than patients with a shorter duration of symptoms. This has implications for decision making regarding asthma management and disposition in the emergency department. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| العلاقة: | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/21820Test/; Kelly, Anne-Maree, Powell, Colin VE and Kerr, Debra (2002) Patients with a longer duration of asthma symptoms are more likely to require admission to hospital. Emergency Medicine , 14 (2). pp. 142-145. ISSN 1742-6723 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00308.x/pdf |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00308.x |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00308.xTest https://vuir.vu.edu.au/21820Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A9251334 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00308.x/pdf |
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