About 3 of every 10 children and teens who are admitted to the hospital from the emergency room have asthma, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or another respiratory disorder, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Asthma alone accounted for more than one-third of respiratory admissions - 95,000 cases - through the emergency room in 2004. [click link for full article]
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