The role of specialist nurse led review on reducing emergency asthma admissions in a district general hospital (DGH)

Cristina Avram (Manchester, United Kingdom), Cristina Avram, Sandra Dermott, Emma Jones, Imran Aziz

Source: International Congress 2015 – Non-inflammatory monitoring of airway diseases
Session: Non-inflammatory monitoring of airway diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2535
Disease area: Airway diseases

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