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Patient and physician evaluation of the severity of acute asthma exacerbations
Provedor de dados: 56
Autores: Atta,J.A.; Nunes,M.P.T.; Fonseca-Guedes,C.H.F.; Avena,L.A.; Borgiani,M.T.; Fiorenza,R.F.; Martins,M.A.
We studied the ability of patients not experienced in the use of peak expiratory flow meters to assess the severity of their asthma exacerbations and compared it to the assessment of experienced clinicians. We also evaluated which data of physical examination and medical history are used by physicians to subjectively evaluate the severity of asthma attacks. Fifty-seven adult patients (15 men and 42 women, with a mean (± SD) age of 37.3 ± 14.5 years and 24.0 ± 17.9 years of asthma symptoms) with asthma exacerbations were evaluated in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Patients and physicians independently evaluated the severity of the asthma attack using a linear scale. Patient score, physician score and forced expiratory volume at the first second...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Asthma attack; Pulmonary function tests; Dyspnea.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000900006