Asthma control - is there a problem?
| dc.contributor.author | Green, Robin J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-12-20T11:25:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-12-20T11:25:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 1998 the ISAAC study reported a 12 month prevalence of selfreported asthma symptoms ranging from 7.5% to 17%.1 The prevalence of “asthma ever” was 3.3% in this group of children (Figure 1). The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Programme was designed to compare the global prevalence of childhood asthma. A subsequent ISAAC follow-up study conducted in the same region revealed a rise in the prevalence of asthma, with an increase in more severe asthma. What was of concern in this audit was that a diagnosis of asthma was seemingly less often made. The prevalence of asthma in Cape Town is thus high and asthma is a common condition. We should expect then that it would be familiar to the medical profession and well managed and controlled. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Green, RJ 2007, 'Asthma control - is there a problem?', South African Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 74, no. 2, pp.10, 12, 14. [www.sapj.co.za] | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-2558 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4127 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Medpharm Publications | en |
| dc.rights | Medpharm Publications | en |
| dc.subject | Asthma | en |
| dc.subject | Children | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Asthma in children | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Physical diagnosis | |
| dc.title | Asthma control - is there a problem? | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |