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9411613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
We assessed asthma severity in patients attending private practice chest specialists, studied the factors related to classification by physicians, and described medications prescribed. 545 chest specialists scattered throughout France, included the patients examined from 3 to 28 May 1993 (N = 14,865). Besides a classification of asthma severity in four classes (mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe), questionnaires included 20 questions on the history and characteristics of asthma, lung function level and medications prescribed. The proportion of mild asthmatics was 55% among the 3,620 children (aged 6 to 15 years), 42% among the 6,479 young adults (aged 16 to 45 years), and 18% among the 4,766 older adults (aged 46 to 75 years). Followed-up patients were considered more severe than new patients among adults, but not among children. The factors related to asthma severity were impaired FEV1, history of hospitalization, critical care and emergency visits for asthma, limitation of physical activities, and, to a latter extent, symptoms between exacerbations, frequent asthma attacks and daily use of beta 2-agonists. Anti-inflammatory drugs were prescribed to practically all patients from grade 2 (moderate): steroids increased whereas sodium cromoglycate and nedocromil decreased with increasing severity. This study provides a valuable estimate of the classification and medications prescribed to asthmatic patients examined by 50% of private practice chest specialists in France.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0761-8425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
295-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Asthma in private pneumology practice].
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM Unité 408, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract