An Asthma Protocol Improved Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Subjects With Status Asthmaticus in the Emergency Department.
BACKGROUND: In our institution's pediatric emergency department, adherence to evidence-based asthma guidelines was noted to be suboptimal for patients with asthma exacerbations. We hypothesized that an evidence-based asthma protocol would improve time to treatment and adherence to National Institute...
| Publicado en: | Respiratory Care Vol. 60; no. 12; pp. 1759 - 1765 |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Dec2015
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