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Automated Monitoring of Asthma Using the BioSense System
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In 2006, approximately 6.8 million children and 16.1 million adults were reported to have asthma in the US. The CDC BioSense System currently receives data from >540 hospital emergency departments (EDs; 522 send patient chief… read more… age group comprised 39% of asthma visits. Below age 19, visit rates were higher among males and above age 19, rates … subsyndromes most frequently associated with an asthma visit were dyspnea (33%) for chief complaints and … for final diagnoses. ED visits rates with an asthma chief com- plaint or diagnosis were highest among 4-11 year olds …