[Pattern-profile of emergency consultations of children in acute asthmatic crisis].

Autor:	Ceballos Martínez ZI; Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital de Gineco-Pediatría núm. 7, Cancún, Quintana Roo, IMSS. zom9@hotmail.com, González Mercado E, Peralta Bahena ME, Salgado Aguilar GG, Jiménez Grandes I, Tah Arias WF
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993) [Rev Alerg Mex] 2003 Jul-Aug; Vol. 50 (4), pp. 123-8.
Abstrakt:	Background: Asthma is one of the most frequent illnesses in the pediatric age, the exacerbations account for one of the main consult causes to the emergency services. Objective: To determine the frequency of the consultation demand and the recurrence of patients with acute crisis of asthma. Material and Method: A transverse study, performed at the service of pediatric emergencies, included pediatric patients with acute crisis of asthma from January to December, 2000. Results: In this study 20.3% of the consultations were due to acute crisis of asthma, 54.29% needed handling in the service of pediatric emergencies with inhalotherapy; 94.3% responded to the treatment. The gender masculine-feminine relationship was of 1.7:1. The predominant ages were from 3 to 5 years. The consultation increased in September, October and November. Conclusions: When asthma is mistreated may present exacerbations.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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