Review Article

Tiotropium in the Treatment of Patients with Asthma

Background: Asthma is a chronic disease with a significant disease burden, and many patients fail to achieve disease control despite recommended medical therapy. Recent evidence suggests that there may be benefits to the use of the long-acting anticholinergic agent tiotropium in patients with asthma. Methods: We performed a systematic review…

Posted in: asthma 16 asthma management 2

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Inadequate Documentation of Asthma Management in Hospitalized Adult Patients

Abstract:Undocumented patient information in the medical record (MR) is a barrier to providing high quality care. Inadequate documentation has recently been reported for two cardiovascular diseases. This study was designed to evaluate the documentation of asthma management in the MR to determine if it is consistent with the NIH asthma…

Posted in: asthma management 2 documentation 5 patient education 5
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