Management of asthma by pregnant women attending an Australian maternity hospital

Aims: The safety of preventive asthma medicines during pregnancy has already been established. The aim of this study was to assess asthma management by women during pregnancy. Methods: Pregnant women attending the out‐patient clinics of an Australian maternity hospital completed a questionnaire ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology 2012-04, Vol.52 (2), p.183-188
Hauptverfasser:	Sawicki, Emilia, Stewart, Kay, Wong, Swee, Paul, Eldho, Leung, Laura, George, Johnson
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Anti-Asthmatic Agents - therapeutic use asthma Asthma - drug therapy Australia Demographic factors Diseases Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Female Health beliefs Hospitals, Maternity Humans Medication use Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy preventers Statistics Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Women and health Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Aims: The safety of preventive asthma medicines during pregnancy has already been established. The aim of this study was to assess asthma management by women during pregnancy. Methods: Pregnant women attending the out‐patient clinics of an Australian maternity hospital completed a questionnaire about their asthma medication use and symptoms. Parameters associated with changes in asthma medicine use are presented as odds ratio with a 95% confidence level. P‐values
ISSN:	0004-8666 1479-828X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01385.x