Body mass index and acute asthma severity among children presenting to the emergency department

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 480-488

  Ginde, Adit A ^a   Santillan, Alfredo A ^b   Clark, Sunday ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Adolescent; Body mass index; Child; Emergency medicine; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951744696     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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