Asthma management in rural Australia.
This article explores the question of whether rural location influences the diagnosis, management and outcome for patients with asthma. Three cases of asthma respiratory arrest are presented to highlight some of the difficulties of asthma management in rural communities, followed by a review of the current literature relevant to rural asthma.
Watts
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Investigator Clinic, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia. rwwatts@invclin.com.au
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D015995:Prevalence; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards*