| Autor: |
Tatsuyoshi, Ikeue, Atsushi, Nakagawa, Kenjiro, Furuta, Kyohei, Morita, Tomoko, Tajiri, Ko, Maniwa, Shigeki, Watanabe, Takakazu, Sugita, Sadao, Horikawa, Hideki, Nishiyama |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society. 48(2) |
| ISSN: |
1343-3490 |
| Popis: |
We examined the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults with acute asthma and the relationship between smoking status and visits to the emergency department of a hospital.198 subjects (79 men), in whom acute asthma had been newly diagnosed by physicians in a municipal hospital in 2005, were included in this study.Thirty-five percent of the enrolled asthmatic patients were current smokers with a mean of 21 pack-years, while 18% were former smokers, and 47% were never-smokers. The current smokers comprised 41% of all male patients and 31% of all female patients in this study. In the asthmatic patients aged 50 or older, 27% of men and 13% of women were current smokers, while in those younger than 50, the same percentages were 59% and 50%, respectively. Since July 31, 2007, 6 current smokers (8.7%) had visited the emergency department due to asthmatic attacks, while 3 (8.3%) were ex-smokers and 1 (1.1%) was a never-smokers (p0.011).Cigarette smoking was common among patients with acute asthma, especially younger women. A current-smoker status is therefore considered to be associated with emergency visits to hospitals due to asthmatic attacks. |
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