Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Asthma Volume 38, 2001 - Issue 7
Submit an article Journal homepage
38
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original

Hospital-Based Management of Acute Asthmatic Exacerbation: An Assessment of Physicians' Behavior in Taiwan

P. L. Lee Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
, M.D.,
J. P. Luo Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Municipal Ho Ping Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
, M.D.,
W. M. Shieh Department of Internal Medicine, Provincial Shin Chu Hospital, Shin-Chu City, Taiwan
, M.D.,
C. T. Nien Department of Internal Medicine, Li Shin Hospital, Chung-Li City, Taiwan
, M.D.,
P. C. Yang Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
, M.D., Ph.D.,
Dr. Sow-Hsong Kuo Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan, +886-2-23932056
&
S. H. Kuo Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
, M.D. show all
Pages 575-583 | Published online: 31 Oct 2001

REFERENCES

  • Sears M. R., Beaglehole R. Asthma Morbidity and Mortality: New Zealand. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 1987; 80: 383
  • Jackson R., Sears M. R., Beaglehole R., Rea H. H. International Trends in Asthma Mortality: 1970 to 1985. Chest 1988; 94: 914
  • Meijer R. J., Kerstjens H. A.M., Postma D. S. Comparison of Guidelines and Self-Management Plans in Asthma. Eur. Respir. J. 1997; 10: 1163
  • Grunfeld A., Beveridge R. C., Berkowitz J. Management of Acute Asthma in Canada: An Assessment of Emergency Physician Behaviour. J. Emerg. Med. 1997; 15: 547
  • Guidelines for Management of Asthma in Adults. I. Chronic Persistent Asthma. British Thoracic Society. Br. Med. J. 1990; 301: 651
  • Guidelines for Management of Asthma in Adults. II. Acute Severe Asthma. British Thoracic Society. Br. Med. J. 1990; 301: 797
  • British Thoracic Society. Guidelines on the Management of Asthma. Thorax 1993; 48(suppl)S1
  • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Expert Panel Report: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Manage ment of Asthma. NIH Publication No. 91-3042. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1991
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Executive Summary: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. NIH Publication No. 94-3042A. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1994
  • National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Publication No. 97-4051. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1997
  • Georgitis J. W. The 1997 Asthma Management Guidelines and Therapeutic Issues Relating to the Treatment of Asthma. Chest 1999; 115: 210
  • Emond S. D., Camargo C. A., Nowak R. M. 1997 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Guidelines: A Practical Summary for Emergency Physicians. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1993; 31: 579
  • Doerschug K. C., Peterson M. W., Dayton C. S., Kline J. N. Asthma Guidelines: An Assessment of Physician Understanding and Practice. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1735
  • Roghmann M. C., Sexton M. Adherence to Asthma Guidelines in General Practices. J. Asthma 1999; 36: 381
  • Veninga C. C.M., Lagerløv P., Wahlström R., Muskova M., Denig P., Berkhof J., Kochen M. M., Haaijer-Ruskamp F. M. and The Drug Eductation Project Group. Evaluating an Educational Intervention to Improve the Treatment of Asthma in Four European Countries. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1254
  • Lagerløv P., Veninga C. C.M., Muskova M., Hummers-Pradier E., Lundborg C. S., Andrew M., Haaijer-Ruskamp F. M. Asthma Management in Five European Countries: Doctors' Knowledge, Attitudes and Prescribing Behaviour. Eur. Respir. J. 2000; 15: 25
  • Taylor M. R.H. Asthma: Audit of Peak Flow Rate Guidelines for Admission and Discharge. Arch. Dis. Child 1994; 70: 432
  • Murphy D. G., McDermott M. F., Rydman R. J., Sloan E. P., Zalenski R. J. Aminophylline in the Treatment of Acute Asthma When 2-Adrenergics and Corticosteroids Are Provided. Arch. Intern. Med. 1993; 153: 1784
  • Fiel S. B., Swartz M. A., Glanz K., Francis M. E. Efficacy of Short-Term Corticosteroid Therapy in Outpatient Treatment of Acute Bronchial Asthma. Am. J. Med. 1983; 75: 259
  • Chapman K. R., Verbeek P. R., White J. G., Rebuck A. S. Effect of a Short Course of Prednisone in the Prevention of Early Relapse After the Emergency Room Treatment of Acute Asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 1991; 324: 788
  • Lanes S. F., Garrett J. E., Wentworth C. E., Fitzgerald J. M., Karpel J. P. The Effect of Adding Ipratropium Bromide to Salbutamol in the Treatment of Acute Asthma: A Pooled Analysis of Three Trials. Chest 1998; 114: 365
  • Calvo G. M., Calvo A. M., Marin H. F., Moya A. J. Is it Useful to Add an Anticholinergic Treatment to Beta 2-Adrenergic Medication in Acute Asthma Attack?. J. Invest. Allerg. Clin. 1998; 8: 30
  • Karpel J. P., Schacter E. N., Fanta C., Levey D., Spiro P., Aldrich T., Menjoge S. S., Witek T. J. A Comparison of Ipratropium and Albuterol vs Albuterol Alone for the Treatment of Acute Asthma. Chest 1996; 110: 611
  • Kljakovic M., Mahadevan G. General Practitioner Prescribing of Antibiotics for Asthma. Br. J. Gen. Pract. 1998; 48: 1773
  • Jones K., Jones K. G. Management of Acute Asthma Attacks Associated with Respiratory Tract Infection: A Postal Survey of General Practitioners in the U.K. Respir. Med. 1996; 90: 419

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.