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Predictors of repeat visits to the emergency room by asthmatic children in primary care.

Fawwaz Mohammed, Sarita Bootoor, Avidesh Panday, Avinash Ramdass, Jeanine Reemaul, Anu Sharma, Marsha Ivey, Lexley M Pinto Pereira

PubMed · 2006 · 15 citations · 19 references

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Repeated ER use in pediatric asthma underscores a pressing need for health providers and caregivers to develop an asthma management plan noting the identified predictors to assist in reducing Trinidad's asthma burden.

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