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

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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:Acute asthma exacerbation; Emergency Department; Revisit; Corticosteroid
Journal:Medicine & Health
ID Code:9784
Deposited By: ms aida -
Deposited On:02 Jun 2016 00:28
Last Modified:14 Dec 2016 06:50

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