Pulmonary Score of Smith et al for Determining Asthma Severity in Children
Purpose: | To evaluate asthma symptom severity in a child using the Pulmonary Score of Smith et al. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology & Critical Care |
Objective: | severity, prognosis, stage, complications, selection, complication detection |
ICD-10: | J45 |
Description: | The Pulmonary Score (PS) was developed to measure asthma severity in a child presenting with an acute asthma exacerbation. It can be used to determine the level of therapy required and to evaluate the child's response to interventions. |
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