| Autor: |
Unaisa Kazi, Saira Gul Rukh, Suha Zawawi, Saba Laila, Mohammad Fareeduddin, Syed Ghazanfar Saleem |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Pakistan journal of medical sciences. 38(2) |
| ISSN: |
1682-024X |
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Objectives: To determine the association between asthma severity and the likelihood of hospitalization by using Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM) score for pediatric patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with mild, moderate or severe asthma exacerbations and those who received standard intensive asthma therapy. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted in children aged between 2 to 14 years. The data was entered and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. To be included in the study, the children must have received “intensive asthma therapy” defined as administration of systemic corticosteroids with three albuterol treatments and ipratropium. Results: A total of 437 patients were enrolled in the study out of which 250 were male and 187 were female. The mean age was 6.1 ± 3.4 years with a minimum age of two and a maximum age of 14 years. The 4-hour PRAM score (AUC = 0.88) overall significantly improved the predictive value of admission (p value |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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