Open AccessPredictors for critical care admission among children presenting to emergency department with recurrent wheezing
Author(s) -
Aman Saini,
Jaya Shankar Kaushik,
Vandana Arya,
Geeta Gathwala
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.199524
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , logistic regression , pediatrics , population , emergency medicine , psychiatry , environmental health
Children with recurrent wheezing contribute to a significant burden of inpatient hospital admission in developing countries. However, many patients could be managed at home following a short observation period in emergency unit.