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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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