Characteristics of inner-city children with life-threatening asthma.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Intensive care unit (ICU) admission is a risk factor for fatal asthma. Little is known about risk factors for pediatric ICU admissions for asthma. OBJECTIVE:To examine characteristics of underserved minority children with prior ICU admissions for asthma. METHODS:Baseline survey data, salivary cotinine levels, and allergen specific IgE serologic test results were obtained from children with uncontrolled asthma enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of a behavioral education environmental control intervention. Characteristics of children with and without prior ICU admission were compared using χ2 and t tests. Logistic regression assessed significance of higher odds of prior ICU admission comparing factor-level categories. RESULTS:Patients included 222 primarily African American (

SUBMITTER: Bollinger ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature