Table II.
Characteristics of participants and of patients aged 5 - 17 years with acute asthma admitted to pediatric emergency department during study period
| Study Participants (n = 928) |
PED Asthma Patientsa (n = 8,168 ) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | 8.8 [6.9,11.2] | 7.1 [4.7, 10.3] |
| Male | 566 (61) | 5,135 (63) |
| BMI (Kg/M2) | 18.0 [15.6, 21.9] | NA |
| BMI percentile | 72.5 [ 41.5, 93.7] | |
| Race | ||
| African-American | 547 (59) | 4,623 (57) |
| White | 374 (40) | 2,792 (34) |
| Asian | 6 (1) | 86 (1) |
| Other | 2 (<1) | 667 (8) |
| Ethnicityb | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 (7) | |
| Not Hispanic or Latin0 | 860 (93) | NAd |
| Not reported/unknown | 0 (0) | |
| Medicaid | 581 (63) | 5,198 (64) |
| Asthma characteristics | ||
| Asthma control and future riskc | ||
| Daytime sx > 2/wk | 457 (49) | |
| Nocturnal sx/awakening | 519 (56) | |
| Activity limitation | 471 (49) | |
| Need for rescue tx > 2/wk |
451 (49) | |
| Exacerbation in past year | 572 (62) | |
| Using inhaled corticosteroid | 430 (46) | NAd |
| Second-hand smoke exposure |
341 (37) | |
| Prior PCCU admission | 200 (22) | |
| Prior ETI | 42 (5) | |
| AAIRS | 5 [2, 8] | |
| Hospitalization decision of clinical team | ||
| Discharge to home | 712 (77) | |
| Admit to floor bed | 163 (18) | |
| Admit to PCCU | 51 (6) | |
n (%) except Age and AAIRS, which are median [IQR] AAIRS = acute asthma intensity research score;15 PCCU = pediatric critical care unit; ETI = endotracheal intubation for asthma
Baseline Population: all patients aged 5 to 17 years presenting to pediatric emergency department during study period with final primary diagnosis of asthma exacerbation by ICD code 493, including study sample
Hispanic ethnicity is not mutually exclusive of race.32
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) chronic control characteristics for preceding 3-month period.33
Not available in database used to identify PED asthma population