Age-related differences in clinical outcomes for acute asthma in the United States, 2006-2008

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Lee, Wen Ya ^a   Hanania, Nicola A ^b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; age; emergency department; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862821428     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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