1. Managing asthma in Black children
- Author
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Thomas Platts-Mills, Karen Rance, and Mary C. OʼLaughlen
- Subjects
Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Quality Assurance, Health Care ,Population ,Primary care ,Spirometry testing ,Immunoglobulin E ,Adrenal Cortex Hormones ,immune system diseases ,Patient-Centered Care ,Administration, Inhalation ,Humans ,Medicine ,Child ,education ,General Nursing ,Asthma ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Pediatric Nursing ,respiratory tract diseases ,Black or African American ,Spirometry ,Child, Preschool ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,biology.protein ,Female ,business - Abstract
Black children bear a disproportionate burden of asthma when compared to other segments of the population. This study assessed the role of symptom scores, spirometry testing, and serum-specific immunoglobulin E in the primary care management of asthma in Black children.
- Published
- 2012