Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
Various initiatives and medications have been introduced to achieve better control of bronchial asthma. However total control according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) remains elusive even at tertiary referral hospitals. Our study is to determine the level of asthma control (according to GINA...
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| author | Kuan, Yeh Chunn Tan, CH Hong, CM How, Soon Hin |
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| description | Various initiatives and medications have been introduced to achieve better control of bronchial asthma. However total control according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) remains elusive even at tertiary referral hospitals. Our study is to determine the level of asthma control (according to GINA 2009), Asthma Control Test (ACT) scores and the types of medications used among patients with bronchial asthma in a large tertiary hospital. |
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| spelling | iium-480002016-07-18T03:46:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48000/ Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study Kuan, Yeh Chunn Tan, CH Hong, CM How, Soon Hin RC Internal medicine Various initiatives and medications have been introduced to achieve better control of bronchial asthma. However total control according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) remains elusive even at tertiary referral hospitals. Our study is to determine the level of asthma control (according to GINA 2009), Asthma Control Test (ACT) scores and the types of medications used among patients with bronchial asthma in a large tertiary hospital. 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48000/2/asthma_control_Dr_Kuan.pdf Kuan, Yeh Chunn and Tan, CH and Hong, CM and How, Soon Hin (2015) Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 14 (2). pp. 41-44. ISSN 1823-4631 http://journals.iium.edu.my/imjm/index.php/eimj/article/view/276 |
| spellingShingle | RC Internal medicine Kuan, Yeh Chunn Tan, CH Hong, CM How, Soon Hin Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title | Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Asthma control in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | asthma control in hospital tengku ampuan afzan, kuantan, malaysia: a cross-sectional study |
| topic | RC Internal medicine |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/48000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48000/2/asthma_control_Dr_Kuan.pdf |