Indications for hospital admission
Indications for hospital admission include:
- failure to respond to or early deterioration after inhaled bronchodilators
- inability of the child to take or the parents to give appropriate treatment
- request for admission from the general practitioner
- severe breathlessness and increasing tiredness
- peak expiratory flow less than 50% of the expected value 10 minutes after treatment
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