Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of
childhood morbidity from chronic disease as measured by school absences, emergency …

Background Asthma is the most common chronic childhood illness and is a leading cause
for paediatric admission to hospital. Asthma management for children results in substantial …

Objective Care remains suboptimal for a substantial proportion of the more than 17 million
patients in the United States with diabetes. This review examines strategies for improving …

Objectives To evaluate the independent effect of a written action plan vs no plan and to
compare different plans to identify characteristics of effective plans in children with asthma …

Background. Asthma disproportionately affects minorities, but not enough is known about
morbidity and specialist access in asthmatic minority children. Objective. To examine asthma …

OBJECTIVE: Recognition of the complexity of asthma management has led to the
development of asthma treatment guidelines that include the recommendation that all …

OBJECTIVE: In this review, we determine which pediatric hospital discharge interventions
affect subsequent health care use or parental satisfaction compared with usual care. DATA …

Rationale: Asthma clinical guidelines suggest written asthma action plans are essential for
improving self-management and outcomes. Objectives: To assess the efficacy of written …

Objective To evaluate the evidence that quality improvement (QI) strategies can improve the
processes and outcomes of outpatient pediatric asthma care. Data Sources Cochrane …

To assess the extent to which patients with type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1) receiving
individualized enzyme replacement therapy with imiglucerase attain six defined therapeutic …