Childhood overweight increases hospital admission rates for asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-740

  Carroll, Christopher L ^a   Stoltz, Petronella ^a   Raykov, Neviana ^a   Smith, Sharon R ^a   Zucker, Aaron R ^a  

^a Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospitalization; Overweight; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METERED DOSE INHALER; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35148875987     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0409     Document Type: Review

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