Breathing new life into asthma care.

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  • Nick Evans
چکیده

attack begins. They have been here before: tightening of the chest, wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing. Experience tells them it will pass but that does not make it any easier. Millions of Europeans, especially an increasing number of children, live with asthma and the threat of an asthma attack but it does not have to be this way1. Asthma can be controlled for long periods by combining medication with technologies that help to monitor how patients' manage their disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)

دوره 30 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016