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Chest, Vol 102, 1392-1396, Copyright © 1992 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Inpatient management of status asthmaticus

A Spevetz, T Bartter, J Dubois and MR Pratter
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cooper Hospital/UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Camden.

We examined physician management of patients hospitalized for status asthmaticus at a university hospital. A retrospective review of consecutive admissions for status asthmaticus covering a 13-month period yielded 130 charts for review. We found that practice patterns with respect to documentation of severity of illness, medications, and documentation of efficacy of therapy fell short of the current state of knowledge with respect to treatment of asthma. Asthma is a treatable disease, and physician education needs to bridge the gap between current practice patterns and standards of optimal therapy as defined in the literature.




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