ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2012
Impact of delay in asthma diagnosis on chest X-ray and antibiotic utilization by clinicians.
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- Management of asthma exacerbation in the emergency departments.International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2019Review
- Asthma as a risk factor for zoster in adults: A population-based case-control study.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2016Article
- What does tympanostomy tube placement in children teach us about the association between atopic conditions and otitis media?Current allergy and asthma reports · 2014Review
- Automated chart review for asthma cohort identification using natural language processing: an exploratory study.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2013Article
- Increased risk of herpes zoster in children with asthma: a population-based case-control study.The Journal of pediatrics · 2013Article
- Asthma and proinflammatory conditions: a population-based retrospective matched cohort study.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2012Article
- Assessment of the association between atopic conditions and tympanostomy tube placement in children.Allergy and asthma proceedingsArticle
- Patient-level temporal aggregation for text-based asthma status ascertainment.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAArticle
- Awareness and Current Therapeutics of Asthma.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of the timeliness of asthma diagnosis on chest X-ray (CXR) and antibiotic utilization in children. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of 276 asthmatic children aged 5-12 years from Rochester, Minnesota. From the time when children met our predetermined asthma criteria, the frequency of CXR and antibiotic utilizations for respiratory illnesses were collected from medical records until age 18 years. Using a Poisson regression model, the frequency of CXR and antibiotic utilizations were compared in children with timely, delayed, or no clinician diagnosis of asthma.
resultsOf the 276 asthmatic patients, 97 (35%) had a timely diagnosis, 122 (44%) had a delayed diagnosis, while 57 patients (21%) had no clinician diagnosis of asthma. There was no significant difference in CXR or antibiotic utilization for respiratory illness between these groups. In addition, this was true for the comparison between the timely diagnosed group and the delayed diagnosed group combining both the group with a delay in asthma diagnosis and the group who never had asthma diagnosis.
conclusionsA delay in the diagnosis of asthma in children is common and overall it may not influence antibiotic and CXR utilization for respiratory symptoms by clinicians. However, its impact on access to asthma-related therapies and other healthcare utilizations could be possible and was not assessed in this study. Given the limitations of our study, a larger prospective study needs to be considered.
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