Asthma-related emergency department use: current perspectives

LH Johnson, P Chambers… - Open Access Emergency …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Asthma is one of the most common chronic pediatric diseases. Patients with asthma often
present to the emergency department for treatment for acute exacerbations. These patients …

The Saudi Initiative for Asthma-2021 Update: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma in adults and children

MS Al-Moamary, SA Alhaider, AA Alangari… - Annals of thoracic …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Saudi Initiative for Asthma 2021 (SINA-2021) is the fifth version of asthma
guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma for adults and children, which is …

A primer on clinical pathways

R Hipp, E Abel, RJ Weber - Hospital Pharmacy, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Leaders in health-system pharmacy are challenged to maintain the highest quality
pharmacy service at the lowest cost. Clinical pathways are evidence-based road maps that …

Pediatric critical care resource use by children with medical complexity

T Chan, J Rodean, T Richardson, RWD Farris… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the proportionate use of critical care resources among children of
differing medical complexity admitted to pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) in tertiary-care …

Early administration of systemic corticosteroids reduces hospital admission rates for children with moderate and severe asthma exacerbation

SK Bhogal, D McGillivray, J Bourbeau… - Annals of emergency …, 2012 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The variable effectiveness of clinical asthma pathways to reduce
hospital admissions may be explained in part by the timing of systemic corticosteroid …

Implementation of adapted PECARN decision rule for children with minor head injury in the pediatric emergency department

S Bressan, S Romanato, T Mion… - Academic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19: 801–807© 2012 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: Of the currently published clinical …

Standardized clinical pathways for hospitalized children and outcomes

KC Lion, DR Wright, S Spencer, C Zhou… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: Interrupted time series analysis of admissions to a tertiary care children's
hospital from December 1, 2009 through March 30, 2014. On the basis of diagnosis codes …

The Saudi Initiative for Asthma-2016 update: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma in adults and children

MS Al-Moamary, SA Alhaider, MM Idrees… - Annals of Thoracic …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
This is an updated guideline for the diagnosis and management of asthma, developed by
the Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA) group, a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society. The …

Clinical pathway improves pediatrics asthma management in the emergency department and reduces admissions

A Bekmezian, C Fee, E Weber - Journal of Asthma, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Poor adherence to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Asthma Guidelines may
result in unnecessary admissions for children presenting to the emergency department (ED) …

Triage nurse initiation of corticosteroids in pediatric asthma is associated with improved emergency department efficiency

R Zemek, A Plint, MH Osmond, T Kovesi, R Correll… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of nurse-initiated administration of oral
corticosteroids before physician assessment in moderate to severe acute asthma …