Open AccessLow-Dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Asthma
Author(s) -
Don D. Sin,
S. F. Paul Man
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.14.1591
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , asthma , corticosteroid , relative risk , confidence interval , pediatrics , psychiatry
Patients who visit the emergency department (ED) because of asthma frequently have a relapse. While the use of inhaled corticosteroids has been demonstrated to improve asthma symptoms and lung function, it is not clear whether their use after discharge from the ED reduces asthma relapse rates.
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