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Abstract
This study included 50 cases attended for treatment of an acute asthma exacerbation. They consisted of 30 males and 20 females with age ranging from 5 to 14 years. They were children attending the pediatric emergency department unit (ED), Assiut University Children Hospital, during the period from November, 2014 to January, 2015.The PS is a simple objective method to assess the severity of an acute asthma exacerbation in children. The score is a composite of physical findings commonly used in the assessment of children with asthma: respiratory rate, wheezing, and accessory muscle use. These three components are easy to obtain in children and require little additional training for ED staff to learn. from the results of our study the PS is simple and can be used in evaluation of children with acute exacerbation of asthma especially in situations when spirometer, pulse oximetry and PEFR do not present.