Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation

The objectives were to identify factors associated with early revisit of adult patients with acute asthma exarcebation discharged from the Emergency Department (ED). It was a retrospective cohort study with patients aged 12 years or more within a period of 1 month and who were treated for acute asth...

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Main Authors: Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad, Kwong, LJ
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Published: Fakulti Perubatan, UKM 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/1/4._NikMuhammad_et_al.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/
http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/11/1
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description The objectives were to identify factors associated with early revisit of adult patients with acute asthma exarcebation discharged from the Emergency Department (ED). It was a retrospective cohort study with patients aged 12 years or more within a period of 1 month and who were treated for acute asthma and discharged from the ED of Sarawak General Hospital. A total of 397 patients fulfilled sampling criteria and out of this number, 13.9% had revisit to the ED within 2 weeks. In all of these revisit cases, 9.1% were actually admitted. Prescription rate of oral corticosteroid was found to be low (24.9%) and abscond rate was high (25.1%). Patients who absconded from the ED and their concurrent infection were associated with early ED revisit.
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spelling my-ukm.journal-97842016-12-14T06:50:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/ Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad, Kwong, LJ The objectives were to identify factors associated with early revisit of adult patients with acute asthma exarcebation discharged from the Emergency Department (ED). It was a retrospective cohort study with patients aged 12 years or more within a period of 1 month and who were treated for acute asthma and discharged from the ED of Sarawak General Hospital. A total of 397 patients fulfilled sampling criteria and out of this number, 13.9% had revisit to the ED within 2 weeks. In all of these revisit cases, 9.1% were actually admitted. Prescription rate of oral corticosteroid was found to be low (24.9%) and abscond rate was high (25.1%). Patients who absconded from the ED and their concurrent infection were associated with early ED revisit. Fakulti Perubatan, UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/1/4._NikMuhammad_et_al.pdf Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad, and Kwong, LJ (2016) Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation. Medicine & Health, 11 (1). pp. 22-28. ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/11/1
spellingShingle Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad,
Kwong, LJ
Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title_full Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title_fullStr Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title_short Factors associated with Emergency Department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
title_sort factors associated with emergency department revisits and hospitalization following discharged acute asthma exarcerbation
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/1/4._NikMuhammad_et_al.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9784/
http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/11/1
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