Development and Internal Validation of a Pediatric Acute Asthma Prediction Rule for Hospitalization

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6068872	The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice	2015	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The APR predicts the need for hospitalization of children with acute asthma exacerbations using predictor variables available at the time of presentation to an emergency department.

Keywords

PMLE CCS Pediatric critical care unit IQR SpO2 eNO PED Apr CPR Oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry exhaled nitric oxide Pediatric emergency department Hospitalization degrees of freedom body mass index BMI Global Initiative for Asthma Clinical prediction rule interquartile range %FEV1 Corticosteroid GINA