Acute asthma: treatment and outcome of 2000 consecutive pediatric emergency room visits in Doha, Qatar.
J Asthma
; 33(2): 131-5, 1996.
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ABSTRACT
The case files of 2000 asthma episodes seen in our pediatric emergency room (PER) over a 2-month period were reviewed. Patients included 1429 males and 571 females with 66.2% < 48 months old. More than 60% of patients had been symptomatic for <24 hr and 88.5% had tried inhaled beta2-agonist before coming to the PER. In the PER, 57% responded to a single salbutamol aerosol and 35.5% responded to a combination of 2-3 salbutamol, IV hydrocortisone, and aminophylline drip < or = 6 hr. Only 7.5% were admitted to the hospital. Of the admitted patients, 82% had been symptomatic for > 24 hr and 60.6% were <4 years old.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Asma
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article