Count on It! Accurately Measured Respiratory Rate Is Associated with Lung Function and Clinical Severity in Children with Acute Asthma Exacerbations

J Pediatr. 2016 Aug:175:236-236.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.081. Epub 2016 May 30.

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Keywords: asthma; exacerbation; respiratory rate; severity.

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