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ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN RURAL AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Watts Richard W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1584.1999.00235.x
Subject(s) - asthma , asthma management , medicine , intensive care medicine , outcome (game theory) , rural health , rural community , rural area , family medicine , medical emergency , socioeconomics , sociology , pathology , mathematics , mathematical economics
This article explores the question of whether rural location influences the diagnosis, management and outcome for patients with asthma. Three cases of asthma respiratory arrest are presented to highlight some of the difficulties of asthma management in rural communities, followed by a review of the current literature relevant to rural asthma.