In the September 2018 edition of Thorax, researchers conducted a systemic review to “identify and weight risk factors for asthma attacks in children.” After systematically searching six databases, researchers identified 68 papers relevant to the study. The researchers found “previous asthma attacks were associated with greatly increased risk of attack,” and “persistent symptoms” and “poor access to care… were associated with moderately/greatly increased risk.” Other risk factors included “suboptimal drug regimen, comorbid atopic/allergic disease, African-American ethnicity, poverty, and vitamin D deficiency.”
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