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Just the facts: How to diagnose and manage acute preschool asthma in the ED

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Source: data drawn from Trottier et al. [2]

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This work was unfunded. Dr. Burstein is the recipient of a career awards from the Quebec Health Research Fund (FRQ-S).

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  1. Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett Burstein & Jennifer Turnbull

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett Burstein

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Burstein, B., Turnbull, J. Just the facts: How to diagnose and manage acute preschool asthma in the ED. Can J Emerg Med 24, 688–690 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-022-00376-z

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