Asthma Management

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Research on Prehospital Administration of Steroids

  • Data collected from May 2000 to April 2001
  • 31 patients identified
  • Time to administration of intravenous methylprednisone 15 minutes plus or minus 7
  • The study demonstrated that patients who received methylprednisone in the emergency department rather than in a prehospital setting were 3.375 times more likely to be admitted to the hospital [24]

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