Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Brief Report: A Pilot Quality and Feasibility Project Focusing on Clinician Use of an Order Set for Acute Asthma Care in Pediatric Urgent Care Centers

Urgent Message: There are limited data on implementation and use of clinical decision support tools for the evidence-based management of asthma in pediatric urgent care settings. In this pilot project, providing reports and feedback to clinicians on their use of order sets increased utilization of order sets but not adherence to best practice guidelines for asthma care. Richmond Darko, MD, MPH; Andrea Aguilera, MD; Gabriela Lins, DO; Maria Ramon-Coton, MD Citation: Darko R, Aguilera A, …

Abstracts in Urgent Care: March, 2007

Abstracts In Urgent Care: March, 2007

Single-Dose Oral Dexamethasone in the Emergency Management of Children with Exacerbations of Mild-to-Moderate Asthma Citation: Altamimi S, Robertson G, Jastaniah W, et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22(12):786-793. URL: http://www.pec-online.com/pt/re/pec/home.htm Key point: Singe-dose dexamethasone is equivalent to five days of oral prednisone for kids with mild/moderate asthma. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a sin- gle dose of oral dexamethasone (dex) versus five days of twice-daily prednisolone (pred) in the management …