Respiratory
Pediatric tools for asthma, bronchiolitis, croup, pneumonia and respiratory distress.
This collection brings together 13 pediatric tools related to respiratory, including clinical descriptions, validation status, references and calculators when active.
Groups asthma, bronchiolitis, wheeze, croup and respiratory-distress tools. PRAM, PASS and Wood-Downes-Ferres are shown with population and setting so non-equivalent scores are not interchanged.
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How to use this category
Tools are grouped by clinical area to make them easier to discover, while each page retains its own population, purpose, evidence level and limitations. Before using a score or calculator, review the exact variant, care setting and implementation status shown on its page.
Evidence and availability
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Scope and maintenance
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Available tools
- Wood-Downes-Ferres Score — Assesses severity of obstructive respiratory distress.
- Westley Croup Score — Assesses croup severity using clinical signs.
- Modified Tal Score — 0-12 clinical score based on age-adjusted respiratory rate, wheeze/crackles, retractions, and oxygen saturation.
- Taussig Croup Score — 0-15 clinical severity score using stridor, air entry, color, retractions, and consciousness.
- Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure — Descriptively measures acute asthma exacerbation severity and change across serial assessments.
- Respiratory Distress Assessment Instrument — RDAI 0-17 to quantify wheezing and retractions.
- BROSJOD — Bronchiolitis scale identified in recommendations.
- Pediatric Asthma Severity Score — Original Gorelick PASS: three clinical domains, total 0-6.
- RISC — Pneumonia severity score identified in recommendations.
- mRISC — Modified RISC variant for pneumonia.
- Childhood Asthma Control Test — External tool for usual asthma control, distinct from acute-exacerbation scales.
- TRACK — Reference tool for respiratory-control follow-up in young children.
- Asthma Control Questionnaire — External reference surface for serial asthma control, distinct from acute-exacerbation scales.