Evidence-based practice in A&E asthma management.
This article discusses the implementation of an evidence-based approach to acute asthma management. It describes how an emergency department changed the care of patients attending with asthma by conducting pre and post-implementation audits to measure success.
Evans
Cliff
C
Emergency department, Wexham Park Hospital.
Thakar
Heena
H
Gill
Bobby
B
Downer
Dawn
D
D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D054869:Clinical Audit; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation