Body mass index and risk of hospitalization among adults presenting with asthma exacerbation to the emergency department

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1439-1444

  Hasegawa, Kohei ^a   Tsugawa, Yusuke ^b   Lopez, Bernard L ^c   Smithline, Howard A ^d   Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Camargo, Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Body mass index; Emergency department; Hospitalizations; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914706345     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201406-270BC     Document Type: Article

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