The Acute Asthma Severity Assessment Protocol (AASAP) study: objectives and methods of a study to develop an acute asthma clinical prediction rule.

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Published in Emerg Med J on May 17, 2011

Authors

Donald H Arnold1, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Thomas J Abramo, James R Sheller, Donald J Resha, Tina V Hartert

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. don.arnold@vanderbilt.edu

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