AUDIT IN ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA - WHO BENEFITS

Authors
HARRISON BDW PEARSON MG
Citation
Bdw. Harrison et Mg. Pearson, AUDIT IN ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA - WHO BENEFITS, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 27(4), 1993, pp. 387-390
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358819
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
387 - 390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8819(1993)27:4<387:AIASA->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This paper reviews published audit activity for a single common condit ion (asthma). Has this effort brought about better care for the patien t? The result of this audit of audits reveals that specialists do foll ow the guidelines on the management of acute asthma with good results, but that general physicians, in whose care perforce many acute episod es are managed, do not seem to be aware of the published good practice guidelines.