Prevalence, cost and impact of asthma in the UKdoi:10.1007/BF03309784NonePharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News
UK asthma prevalence fell significantly between 1993 and 2000. In children aged <5 years hospital admissions for asthma fell by 52% and primary care presentations in children under 14 years by over 40%. From 1994 to 2000, primary care consultations for acute respiratory infections in all age gr...
Environmental exposure in eastern (Leipzig (L)) and western (Munich (M)) Germany of SO2 and particulate matters differs by factor of 30 and 10 respectively. We studied cross-sectionally n=7445 children in M and n=1429 in L (age 9-11 years) for prevalence of asthma and allergies with ...
In the UK, which has one of the highest prevalence rates in Europe, there are 5.4 million patients with asthma, and asthma affects one in five households [2]. A quarter of all asthma patients have poor symptom control [3] and 185 people are admitted to hospital because of asthma attacks...
BACKGROUND--The prevalence and morbidity of asthma vary greatly among different ethnic communities and geographical locations, but the roles of environmental and genetic factors are not fully understood. The differences in prevalence of adult asthma among Chinese, Malay, and Indian ethnic groups in Sin...
30 A population-based prospective cohort study analyzed data from the UK Biobank and reported about 17.9% prevalence of asthma in patients with COVID-19.31 Another study that analyzed UK Biobank data reported an asthma rate of about 13% and added that adults with asthma had a higher risk of...
Objective.—To examine changes in the prevalence and distribution of childhood asthma and its relationship with various measures of children's health and
Prevalence of asthma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in 12-14 year old children across Great Britain (international study of asthma and allergies in childhood, ISAAC UK) BMJ. 1998; 316 :118–124.Kaur B, Anderson HR, Austin J, Burr M, Harkins LS, Strachan DP, et al. (1998) ...
Prevalence of Asthma in Chronic Opioid Users Receiving Acute Care in an Inner City, Municipal New York Hospitaldoi:10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.327Albert LeeRoshni NaikRauno JoksElsevier BVJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1 Prevalence rates as high as 32% have been recorded in the United Kingdom and Australia,2 and the prevalence is increasing in many parts of the world.3–5 Despite evidence-based guidelines,1,6–9 there is consistent evidence that asthma is suboptimally controlled, resulting in unnecessary ...