High prevalence of hospitalisation for asthma in a population-based paediatric sample

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Department, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Paediatric Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
² CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
³ Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Health Information and Decision Sciences Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Paediatric Department, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal Paediatric Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Allergy Unit, Instituto & Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.
⁷ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Health Information and Decision Sciences Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Allergy Unit, Instituto & Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.

Manuel Ferreira-Magalhães et al. Arch Dis Child. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;100(5):507-8.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307675. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

¹ Paediatric Department, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Paediatric Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
² CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
³ Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Health Information and Decision Sciences Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Paediatric Department, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal Paediatric Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Allergy Unit, Instituto & Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.
⁷ CINTESIS-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Health Information and Decision Sciences Department-Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal Allergy Unit, Instituto & Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.

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Keywords: Adolescent; Child; Epidemiology; Patient admission; Wheezing.

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