Action Plans in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Asthma Exacerbations: Frequency of Use and Description of Contents

Elfriede Cross; Cristina Villa-Roel; Sumit R Majumdar; Mohit Bhutani; Rhonda J Rosychuk; Stephanie Couperthwaite; Brian H Rowe

doi:10.1155/2014/498946

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2014)

Action Plans in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Asthma Exacerbations: Frequency of Use and Description of Contents

Elfriede Cross,
Cristina Villa-Roel,
Sumit R Majumdar,
Mohit Bhutani,
Rhonda J Rosychuk,
Stephanie Couperthwaite,
Brian H Rowe

Affiliations

Elfriede Cross: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Cristina Villa-Roel: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Sumit R Majumdar: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Mohit Bhutani: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Rhonda J Rosychuk: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
Stephanie Couperthwaite: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
Brian H Rowe: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/498946
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 6
pp. 351 – 356

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Although underused, written asthma action plans (AAPs) are associated with reduced numbers of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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