Development of a Pediatric Asthma Predictive Index for Hospitalization

Methods This was a retrospective chart review study which collected data from 12,066 pediatric patients, age 5 to 18 years, with an ED-coded asthma diagnosis from March 2014 to March 2015. O2 saturation, respiratory rate, demographics, asthma medication dispensing counts (inhaled corticosteroids, short-acting beta2-agonists, oral corticosteroids), atopy, family history of atopy, Medicaid insurance, and prior asthma emergency visits or hospitalizations.