Inflammatory and Comorbid Features of Children Admitted to a PICU for Status Asthmaticus.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine risk factors associated with admission to a PICU with or without endotracheal intubation for an asthma exacerbation. We hypothesized that children with critical and near-fatal asthma would have distinguishing clinical features but varying degrees of asthma severity and measures of type 2 inflammation.

Design

Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of children with asthma recruited into outpatient asthma clinical research studies at Emory University between 2004 and 2015.

Setting

Large, free-standing academic quaternary care children's hospital in Atlanta, GA.

Patients

Children 6-18 years old with physician-diagnosed and confirmed asthma.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

A total of 579 childre

SUBMITTER: Grunwell JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218278 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature