Are peak flow and symptom measures good predictors of asthma hospitalizations and unscheduled visits?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 190-197

  Mortimer, Kathleen M ^a,e   Redline, Susan ^b   Kattan, Meyer ^c   Wright, Elizabeth C ^d   Kercsmar, Carolyn M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma symptoms; Children; Epidemiology; Peak expiratory flow; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE;

EID: 0035079922     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1028     Document Type: Article

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