The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 476-480.e1 , April 2008

The Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure: A Valid Clinical Score for Assessing Acute Asthma Severity from Toddlers to Teenagers

  • Francine M. Ducharme, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Group on Childhood Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Francine Ducharme, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, 2300 Tupper Street, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3H 1P3.
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  • Dominic Chalut, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Laurie Plotnick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Cheryl Savdie, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Group on Childhood Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Denise Kudirka, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Xun Zhang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service of Biostatistics, Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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  • Linyan Meng, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Group on Childhood Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • David McGillivray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 15 March 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 17 August 2007.

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 Supported by a grant of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00786-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.08.034

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 476-480.e1 , April 2008

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