Mortality in patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbations in the United States

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 633-638

  Krishnan, Vidya ^b   Diette, Gregory B ^b   Rand, Cynthia S ^b   Bilderback, Andrew L ^b   Merriman, Barry ^b   Hansel, Nadia N ^b   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Costs; Epidemiology; Length of stay; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748711817     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200601-007OC     Document Type: Article

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