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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2012 Apr 30;49(5):450–455. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2012.677894

Table 4.

Asthma admission outcomes for children on ICS only, LABA/ICS and no controller medication (n = 181).

Outcomes ICS only LABA/ICS No controller
medication

n (%) n (%) n (%) P
PICU admission 19 (42.2) 18 (43.9) 40 (53.6) 0.612a
Death 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Intubation 0 (0.0) 2 (4.9) 3 (3.8) 0.447b
CPAP or BiPAPc 2 (4.4) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 0.139b
a

The p-value for a chi-square test.

b

The p-value for a Fisher’s exact test (for rare events).

c

Continuous or bilevel positive airway pressure