Can the multidisciplinary input of an asthma nurse specialist and respiratory physician improve the discharge management of acute asthma admissions?
Can the multidisciplinary input of an asthma nurse specialist and respiratory physician improve the discharge management of acute asthma admissions?
Suboptimal discharge management of asthmatic patients increases risk of early re-hospitalisation,1,2 creating potentially avoidable burden for patients and medical services. British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines propose optimal management standards.3 A 2007 audit in our hospital against those guidelines found poor discharge related asthma management. Consequently, in January 2008 an asthma nurse specialist (ANS) was introduced in parallel with respiratory physician (RP)-led management of acute respiratory admissions.
Asthma/therapy, Critical Pathways/organization & administration, Humans, Nurse Clinicians, Patient Discharge, Pulmonary Medicine
414-5
Abayaratne, Damita
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Babu, Suresh
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McCulloch, Adam
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Dufus, Clare
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Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh
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August 2011
Abayaratne, Damita
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Dufus, Clare
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Abayaratne, Damita, Babu, Suresh, McCulloch, Adam, Dufus, Clare and Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh
(2011)
Can the multidisciplinary input of an asthma nurse specialist and respiratory physician improve the discharge management of acute asthma admissions?
Clinical medicine (London, England), 11 (4), .
(doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.11-4-414).
Abstract
Suboptimal discharge management of asthmatic patients increases risk of early re-hospitalisation,1,2 creating potentially avoidable burden for patients and medical services. British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines propose optimal management standards.3 A 2007 audit in our hospital against those guidelines found poor discharge related asthma management. Consequently, in January 2008 an asthma nurse specialist (ANS) was introduced in parallel with respiratory physician (RP)-led management of acute respiratory admissions.
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Published date: August 2011
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Asthma/therapy, Critical Pathways/organization & administration, Humans, Nurse Clinicians, Patient Discharge, Pulmonary Medicine
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ISSN: 1470-2118
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