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Pediatric Emergencies & Asthma

Overview:
Asthma is the most common chronic illness of school-age children. It is one of the main reasons that children need to go to the emergency department. This discussion covers the symptoms, triggers, and treatments for asthma and focuses on ways to manage asthma for children so that they don't get sick and need to come to the hospital.

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Part One:

Reasons for pediatric ER visits
Increases in asthma emergencies
Anatomy involved with asthma
Asthma symptoms
Symptoms of asthma attacks
Allergy triggers

Part Two:

Managing asthma in kids
Everyday asthma treatments
Rescue medicines
Severity classification
National standards for asthma treatment

Guest:
Dr. Keyvan Rafei, head of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children. Dr. Rafei is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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