How general practitioners manage acute asthma attacks
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How general practitioners manage acute asthma attacks.
BACKGROUND The management of asthma attacks by general practitioners in 1992/93 was compared with 1991/92 in relation to recommended guidelines. METHODS The findings from a postal survey of 299 UK general practitioners who managed 2332 patients with an asthma attack in 1992/93 were compared with those from 218 practitioners who managed 1805 attacks in 1991/92. Management by a subgroup of prac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.2.153