Characteristics of clinical and para-clinical signs of asthma in children
- Author:
Nguyen Tien Dung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Asthma, children
- MeSH:
Asthma;
Child
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;311(6):1-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying 50 children under 15 years of age (28 boys, 22 girls) with asthma treated at pediatric department of Bach Mai hospital from September 2003 to October 2004. Most patients were less than 5 years old (78%). There were only 2% of children under 1 year of age. The disease rate in boys was more common than in girls (56% vs. 44%). Fever, retraction of respiratory muscles, irritable, fast breathing occurred in children under 5 years more than in children over 5 years old. White blood cells rate increased in children < 5 years. Images of air exceed on chest X-ray were observed in two third of cases and the same in two age groups
