Utility of therapeutic strategy based on the modified Pulmonary Index Score for childhood asthma exacerbation

Initial Modified Pulmonary Index Score Predicts Hospital Length of Stay for Asthma Subjects Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

“…Asthma scoring systems are used to evaluate illness severity in pediatric patients with asthma and are frequently incorporated into asthma pathways, including those in place in our institution. [3][4][5][6][7][8] We incorporated the modified pulmonary index score (MPIS) into our pediatric asthma protocol because it has been shown to have a high interobserver correlation between respiratory therapists, nurses, and physicians. 4 The MPIS contains 3 objective parameters and 3 subjective parameters.…”

Genetics, epigenetics, and allergic disease: A gun loaded by genetics and a trigger pulled by epigenetics

“…Research that can lead to reduced hospital stays, therefore, is greatly needed. In this spirit, in Japan, Okada et al 26 investigated the utility of a therapeutic strategy based on a modified pulmonary index score among a group of children hospitalized for asthma. Although the modified pulmonary index score has been proposed as a quantitative indicator of the severity of childhood asthma exacerbations, the utility of the score as a treatment decision-making tool had not previously been investigated.…”

“…Although the modified pulmonary index score has been proposed as a quantitative indicator of the severity of childhood asthma exacerbations, the utility of the score as a treatment decision-making tool had not previously been investigated. The case-control study by Okada et al 26 of 346 pediatric patients hospitalized for asthma demonstrated a significantly shorter length of stay attributable to implementing therapeutic strategies based on the modified pulmonary index score. The results of this study, therefore, suggests that further study of this strategy should be considered in other countries, including the United States.…”