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Trends in hospitalizations and mortality from asthma in Costa Rica over a 12- to 15-year period.
Soto-Martínez, Manuel; Avila, Lydiana; Soto, Natalia; Chaves, Albin; Celedón, Juan C; Soto-Quiros, Manuel E.
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  • Soto-Martínez M; Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica; Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Avila L; Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Soto N; Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Chaves A; Department of Pharmaco-epidemiology, Caja Costarricense Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Celedón JC; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Soto-Quiros ME; Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica; Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica. Electronic address: msotoq@hnn.sa.cr.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract ; 2(1): 85-90, 2014.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24565774
BACKGROUND: Little is known about trends in morbidity and/or mortality due to asthma in Latin America. OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in hospitalizations and mortality due to asthma from 1997-2000 to 2011 in Costa Rica. METHODS: The rates of hospitalization due to asthma were calculated for each sex in 3 age groups from 1997 to 2011. The number of deaths due to asthma was first calculated for all groups and then for each sex in 3 age groups from 2000 to 2011. All analyses were conducted over the entire period and separately for the periods before and after a National Asthma Program (NAP) in 2003. Data also were available for prescriptions for beclomethasone since 2004. All analyses were conducted by using Epi Info. RESULTS: Substantial reductions were found in hospitalizations and deaths due to asthma in Costa Ricans (eg, from 25 deaths in 2000 to 5 deaths in 2011). Although, the percentage decrement in the rates of hospitalization for asthma in subjects <20 years old was similar before and after the NAP, the reduction in both deaths due to asthma and rates of asthma hospitalizations in older subjects were more pronounced after the NAP, when prescriptions for beclomethasone were also increased by approximately 129%. CONCLUSION: In Costa Rica, there was a marked decrement in hospitalizations and mortality due to asthma from 1997-2000 to 2011. In younger subjects, this is likely due to guidelines that, since 1988, recommend inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma. In older adults, the NAP probably enhanced reductions in hospitalizations and deaths due to asthma through inhaled corticosteroid use.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Asma / Padrões de Prática Médica / Hospitalização Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Revista: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Costa Rica País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Asma / Padrões de Prática Médica / Hospitalização Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Revista: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Costa Rica País de publicação: Estados Unidos