Burden of Obesity on Pediatric Inpatients with Acute Asthma Exacerbation in the United States

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1227-1231

  Okubo, Yusuke ^a,b   Nochioka, Kotaro ^a   Hataya, Hiroshi ^b   Sakakibara, Hiroshi ^b   Terakawa, Toshiro ^b   Testa, Marcia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cost; Invasive; Obesity; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978372417     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.06.004     Document Type: Article

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