BACKGROUND: In our institution's pediatric emergency department, adherence to evidence-
based asthma guidelines was noted to be suboptimal for patients with asthma …

METHODS: The Model for Improvement was used and interventions were targeted at 4 key
drivers: knowledge, engagement, decision support, and workflow enhancement. Time series …

Critics of the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in an emergency department (ED)
setting believe that they are too cumbersome and time‐consuming, but to the best of the …

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of EMS protocol non-adherence during pediatric
asthma encounters and its association with emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) …

Objective: Poor adherence to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Asthma Guidelines may
result in unnecessary admissions for children presenting to the emergency department (ED) …

Objective To test the ability of an assessment-driven algorithm for treatment of pediatric
status asthmaticus to reduce length and cost of hospitalization. Design Nonrandomized …

OBJECTIVE: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. Previous studies
described significant variations in acute asthma management in children. This study was …

BACKGROUND: Asthma triggers> 775 000 emergency department (ED) visits for children
each year. Approximately 80% of these visits occur in community EDs. We performed this …

Objective: To identify predictors of long duration of bronchodilator therapy in children with
acute asthma. Study design: An emergency department prospective cohort study of 278 …

Aims: To evaluate a systematic approach to the development and implementation of
evidence based asthma management guidelines. Methods: Comparative study of children (2 …