Nocturnal attacks, emergency room visits and ICU admission of pediatric asthma: frequency and associated factors.

Unlabelled: Asthma is the most frequent cause of chronic illness in childhood and emergency department visits. This study aims to determine the frequency of emergency room (ER) visits, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and nocturnal attacks among asthmatic children and to identify associated factors. Records of asthmatic children in the pediatric chest clinic, Ain Shams University during 1995-2004 were reviewed.