Low-Dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Asthma
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- 22 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 162 (14) , 1591-1595
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.14.1591
Abstract
ASTHMA ACCOUNTS for nearly 2 million visits to the emergency department (ED) per year, making it the leading cause of ED use among children and young adults in the United States.1 Despite the "best" in-hospital therapy, 30% of these patients will have a relapse within few weeks to months of discharge, leading to recurrent use of EDs for rescue care and necessitating frequent absenteeism from school or work.2 Moreover, once a relapse occurs, the risk of asthma-related morbidity and mortality rises sharply.3This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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