Children who were born in these high-opportunity neighborhoods had about 23 asthma cases per 1,000 children compared to 35 cases per 1,000 in very low opportunity neighborhoods. Those in low opportunity neighborhoods had 27 cases per 1,000, the investigators found. “Understanding neighbor...
The article discusses the results of a study on asthma death rates in children 17 and younger conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study recorded a decline on asthma death rates, and attributed the decline to increased public awareness of asthma, improved medications ...
Asthma is a chronic disease that has a significant impact on quality of life and is particularly important in children and adolescents, in part due to the
Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children, representing a large burden of disease globally with about 10-15% of children globally having hadasthma symptomsin the last year. The overall prevalence in the centers that took part in the new survey had changed little in the las...
few decades ago, now get attention and treatment. While I suspect this may influence the rise inasthma prevalence, I am skeptical that it could account for most of the change. Many children with asthma today have moderate to severe asthma, which would have been readily apparent in the past....
scientists noted a period of increased rates in allergies and asthma among U.S. children during a 30-year period starting in about 1980, and some wondered if there was a connection. (Those rates leveled off starting about a decade ago and have declined somewhat in recent years, for reasons...
Rates of incident asthma were compared over time for each group, with additional confirmation of asthma diagnosis with spirometry. A total of 507,496 children met inclusion criteria for study entry; 41,330 (8.14%) and 27,461 (5.41%) were diagnosed with asthma by a pediatric healthcare ...
Effect of long-acting ?2 agonists on exacerbation rates of asthma in children The purpose of this analysis was to examine the effect of long-acting 尾2-adrenoceptor agonists (LABAs) on the asthma exacerbation rate in pediatric patien... H Bisgaard - 《Pediatric Pulmonology》 被引量: 291发表:...
Do inhaled steroids differ from cromones in terms of hospital admission rates for asthma in children Do inhaled steroids differ from cromones in terms of hospital admission rates for asthma in childrenAim: The aim of the present study was to investigate... P Box 被引量: 0发表: 2005年 Lung...
"We've long suspected there was a link between the anti-inflammatory properties of long-chain omega-3 fats, the low intakes of omega-3 in Western diets and the rising rates of childhood asthma," said lead author Hans Bisgaard, professor at the University of Copenhagen. "This study proves ...