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.