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Chronic disease management in emergency department patients presenting with dyspnoea
Peter Jones1,2, Anne-Maree Kelly3,4, Gerben Keijzers5,6,7
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Objectives:
Guideline recommended treatments for chronic conditions are thought to reduce ED presentations.
Method:
We used data from 1958 ED patients with dyspnoea to describe medication use in patients with chronic conditions.
Results:
A total of 1233 (63.5%) patients had one or more of: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 547 (28%), asthma 454 (23%), atrial fibrillation 368 (19%) or heart failure 401 (21%). Approximately, 70% were prescribed appropriate preventative medication for their chronic condition when they presented to ED with dyspnoea.
Conclusion:
Prescription of guideline recommended therapies for chronic conditions in patients presenting to the ED in Australasia with acute dyspnoea is similar or higher than reported previously.
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