Dealing with childhood asthma

Of the nation's 22 million people with asthma, six million are children, according to the National Institutes of Health. In Baltimore, as many as one in five children suffers from the condition and many go untreated. Dr. Keyvan Rafei, head of pediatric emergency medicine at University of Maryland Hospital for Children, oversees a program for children with asthma that refers patients to a team of experts that continues their care after their emergency room visit.

By Kelly Brewington, The Baltimore Sun

April 7, 2011