Ensuring appropriate care for patients with asthma
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Ensuring appropriate care for patients with asthma

Kate Carroll Sister, Emergency department of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

KATE CARROLL describes how an integrated care pathway was developed at her hospital’s A&E department to improve care for patients presenting with asthma

It is estimated that around 5.2 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, making it the most common long term illness in this country.

Emergency Nurse. 13, 4, 26-31. doi: 10.7748/en2005.07.13.4.26.c1190

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