Source: DGNews | Posted 9 years ago
Children with Asthma Not Adhering to Emergency Steroid Prescriptions
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By Maria Bishop
Special to DG News
BOSTON, MA -- October 23, 2002 -- A significant number of patients presenting to the emergency room (ER) with acute asthma are not adherent to their prescriptions for steroids, report researchers from Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Lead author Purushothaman Madhu, MD, presented the findings here October 22 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Over a 9-week period, the researchers obtained contact information for 85 patients who were discharged from the pediatric emergency room (ER) of their institution with a prescription for oral prednisolone syrup or tablet (short-term burst therapy) for acute exacerbation of asthma. The patients
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