Is asthma increasing?

Is asthma mortality increasing?

Asthma is a Serious Danger

  میزان مرگ و میر آسم طی دهه گذشته بطور چشمگیری تغییر کرده است. با مبتلا کردن ۱۵ میلیون آمریکایی میزان مرگ و میر در سال ۱۹۷۸، به رقم ۱۸۷۲ نفر و ۹ سال بعد، به بیش از ۴۰۰۰ نفر رسید. علت چنین افزایش چشمگیری روشن نیست. علل احتمالی عبارتند از کاهش ظرفیت تنفس، استفاده بیش از حد از داروهای استثنائی و استنباط غلط بیماران و نیز مراکز درمانی نسبت به شدت بیماری است. بررسی دقیق، معالجات مناسب و آموزش به ب...

Is current treatment increasing asthma mortality and morbidity?

Increasing U.S. asthma mortality rates: who is really dying?

Asthma mortality rates have been increasing since 1979, but rates of change among different demographic subgroups have not been examined in detail. This analysis identifies the demographic subgroups that are most responsible for the increase in asthma mortality rates in the United States between 1979 and 1996. The analysis is limited to those death certificates that specified asthma as the unde...

Prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in Croatian children is increasing: survey study.

AIM To estimate the prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis among school children in the region of Primorsko-goranska County in Croatia, and compare the results with data from other countries. METHODS The study was conducted during the 2001-2002 school year, in complete adherence to the Phase One protocol of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (...