Table 2.

Asthma medications prescription at the chest clinic and the A & E departments

Medications	Department
	Chest clinic	A&E
	% (N=134)	department % (N=416)
Oral Salbutamol	52.6	42.9
Oral Prednisolone	64.2	44.4
Oral Aminophyline	15.8	12.9
Intravenous Aminophyline	1.1	72.4
Antibiotics	51.6	66.8
Inhaled beta2 agonist	37.9	11.5
Inhaled steroid	24.2	2.4
Nebulised beta2 agonist	5.3	20.7
Nebulised Beta2 agonist with oxygen	0	2.4