Predicting need for hospitalization in acute pediatric asthma

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 735-744

  Gorelick, Marc ^a,e   Scribano, Philip V ^b   Stevens, Martha W ^a   Schultz, Theresa ^c   Shults, Justine ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Children's Corporate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Decision support techniques; Hospital emergency service; Patient admission

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEROID THERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMATIC STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59849085823     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31818c268f     Document Type: Article

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