Short running title: Escalated Care in Recurrent Wheezing
Jefferson Antonio Buendía, MD, MSc, PhD1, Ranniery
Acuña-Cordero MD2, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez MD,
MSc, PhD(c)3,4
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine,
Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Group (INFARTO). Universidad de
Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hospital Militar Central,
Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Militar
Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Critical Care
Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
Corresponding autor: Jefferson A. Buendía, MD, Ph.D., Facultad de
Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Carrera 51D #62-29, Tel: +574
2196046; Medellín, Colombia. E-mail:
jefferson.buendia@gmail.com.
E-mail: JAB:
jefferson.buendia@gmail.com,
Author’s contributions: JAB, RAC, CERM participated in designing the
work and the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data. All
authors approve the version to be published.
Source(s) of support: own funds
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Summary: There are no scales that predict the risk of ventilatory
support in recurrent wheezing. Our scale allows us to determine those at
high risk of ventilatory support with high accuracy and to act early to
improve health outcomes.