Emergency Medicine Reports – February 5, 2006

February 5, 2006

• An Update on the Emergency Department Management of Asthma Part I: Pathophysiology and Management Strategies

  In the United States during 2002, asthma accounted for 12.7 million physician visits; 1.9 million emergency department (ED) visits; 484,000 hospitalizations; and 4,261 deaths. The prevalence of asthma in our society has led it to be the eleventh most common diagnosis in the ED. The direct and indirect costs of the disease are estimated to exceed $14 billion annually in the United States alone.

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