An analysis of asthma admissions to Accident & Emergency Departments at four centres in Trinidad for the period January 1 - June 30, 1997
West Indian med. j
; 47(suppl. 2): 57, Apr. 1998.
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ABSTRACT
We report on the demographic features of 11,869 asthmatic patients who made 14,074 visits to four Accident & Emergency (A & E) Departments for bronchodilator nebulisation during the first half of 1997. Most patients (30 percent) were between 3 and 12 years old. There was a male predominance in the paediatric population and in patients aged 60 years and over. Female patients exceeded males from the second to fifth decades. Female to male ratios were highest during the third and fourth decades. Admission figures in the different centres showed fewer patients attending in January and April with increase admissions in February and March. The A&E service at Chaguanas differed from the other centres in having a marked increase in admissions during May.(AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Admissão do Paciente
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Asma
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article