@entity5419 is associated with potentially fatal childhood XXXX .

@entity1 @entity286 @entity5419 @entity565 @entity134
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for potentially fatal childhood @entity565 are incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether self-reported @entity5419 is significantly associated with potentially fatal childhood @entity565 . STUDY DESIGN: Medical records from 72 @entity1 admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for asthmatic exacerbation were reviewed and compared in a case-control design with 2 randomly selected groups of 108 @entity1 admitted to a regular nursing floor for @entity565 and 108 ambulatory @entity1 with @entity565 . Factors evaluated included self-reported @entity5419 , gender, age, poverty area residence, race/ethnicity, inhaled @entity134 exposure, @entity286 exposure, length of hospital stay, psychologic comorbidity, and season of admission. RESULTS: At least one @entity5419 was documented for 13% (38/288) of the @entity1 . Egg, peanut, fish/shellfish, milk, and tree nut accounted for 78.6% of all @entity5419 . @entity1 admitted to the PICU were significantly more likely to report @entity5419 (p = 0.004) and 3.3 times more likely to report at least one @entity5419 compared with @entity1 admitted to a regular nursing floor, and significantly more likely to report @entity5419 (p < 0.001) and 7.4 times more likely to report at least one @entity5419 compared with @entity1 seen in the ambulatory setting. @entity1 admitted to either the PICU or the regular nursing floor were significantly more likely be African-American (p < 0.001) and to be younger (p < 0.01) compared with @entity1 seen in the ambulatory setting. CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported @entity5419 is an independent risk factor for potentially fatal childhood @entity565 . Asthmatic @entity1 or adolescents with @entity5419 are a target population for more aggressive @entity565 management.
