Role of Residential Treatment Centers in the Care of Inner City Children with Intractable Asthma
| Autor: | Phillip Steiner, Shahid Sheikh, Madu Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease business.industry Medical record Residential treatment center Asthma clinic After discharge medicine.disease Inner city Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology and Allergy Medicine business Asthma |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology. 11:39-44 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7767 0883-1874 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/pai.1997.11.39 |
| Popis: | Background It is known that some children with intractable asthma do well when placed in residential treatment centers. Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records of all patients referred to a residential facility (St. Mary's Hospital for Children, Brooklyn NY) from our large inner city hospital asthma clinic (King's County Hospital at Brooklyn) for intractable asthma for 12 years (1984-1995). Children with other underlying complicating factors such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, congenital heart disease, congenital lung malformations, and cystic fibrosis were excluded. Total number of patients was 12 (M:F; 7:5), median age 12 years (range 5-13), median duration of stay 12 months (range 6 months-18 months). Number of hospital admissions, emergency room visits and pediatric intensive unit admissions were compared for 2 years, before placement and after discharge after residential treatment center. Results Median hospital admission/patient before placement at residential treatment center (9.0 ± SD ... |
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