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The NHLBI set no or minimal exacerbations, which includes hospitalizations or emergency department visits, as another goal of successful asthma control. The survey found that this goal is not being met in the management of asthma in children.
- In the past year, more than two out of five (42%) children with asthma in the United States had some form of urgent or emergency care visit for their asthma (Figure 10)
- More than half of children with asthma have experienced an asthma attack so bad that they had to go to an emergency room (53%) or had to go to a doctor right away (54%) (Figure 11)
- More than a quarter (27%) of children with asthma have experienced an asthma attack so bad that they were hospitalized (Figure 11)
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