Performance of a Novel Clinical Score, the Pediatric Asthma Severity Score (PASS), in the Evaluation of Acute Asthma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-18

  Gorelick, Marc H ^a,e   Stevens, Molly W ^b   Schultz, Theresa R ^c   Scribano, Philip V ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Clinical score; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEDIATRIC ASTHMA SEVERITY SCORE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0347988231     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.07.015     Document Type: Article

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