Obesity Changes How Pediatric Asthma Is Measured
Why weight status matters when clinicians assess asthma severity in children
New research suggests that obesity may reduce the reliability of commonly used pediatric asthma severity scores, while also influencing treatment decisions in emergency settings. Children with obesity were more likely to receive intensive therapies even when clinical severity scores were similar.
Study Details
Asthma severity scores are widely used in ped…
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