Diagnosis of asthma in adults

Kaplan, Alan; Balter, Meyer; Bell, Alan; Kim, Harold; McIvor, R. Andrew

doi:10.1503/cmaj.080006

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“…19,5 Symptoms are usually worse at night and in the early morning or in response to exercise or cold air. 20 Taking these signature features of asthma, the proportion of asthmatic and non-asthmatic proportion among the study subjects were computed and the results showed that 9.69% of the subjects were asthmatic and remaining 90.31% were non-asthmatic (Figure 4). …”

Section: Prevalence Of Asthma Among Study Subjectsmentioning

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Prevalence of asthmatic respiratory complications among the rural community of Tangail area in Bangladesh

Hossain

Parvez

Zohora

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Asthmatic respiratory complications appear to be a notable public health consequence and associated with mortality, morbidity and economic burden worldwide. Globally several epidemiological studies have been conducted to assess the prevalence of asthmatic respiratory complications. As far our knowledge very few population based study have been conducted in Bangladesh to assess the magnitude of asthmatic respiratory complications focusing the rural community. Therefore the study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of asthma and related respiratory complications in the rural community of Tangail area in Bangladesh.Methods: This human population based cross-sectional survey study was conducted during the period of August to December 2016 on some villagers of Tangail area in Bangladesh using a pre-standardized questionnaires called "IUATLD -1984 bronchial symptoms questionnaires", designed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (IUATLD). The demographic data of the study subjects were collected by interviewing the subjects and the data were analyzed using SPSS software.Results: The results demonstrated that a substantial proportion of study subjects showed the main characteristic symptoms of asthma i.e., wheeze last 12 months is about 18.27%, shortness of breath (SOB) without strenuous work were 21.84%, nocturnal SOB 14.70%, morning cough 13.26%, nocturnal cough 17.25% and morning phlegm 10.37%. Overall 9.69% of the subjects were found to be asthmatic. Female study subjects showed more asthmatic complications than male subjects and in the higher aged group asthmatic symptoms were more prevalent.Conclusions: Among the study subjects, asthmatic complications were found to be substantial. Further clinical study is necessary to confirm the findings.

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Section: Prevalence Of Asthma Among Study Subjectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of asthmatic respiratory complications among the rural community of Tangail area in Bangladesh

Hossain

Parvez

Zohora

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Skin tests with allergens represent the primary diagnostic tool in determining allergic status (Kaplan et al, 2009). …”

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An Overview and Update on Asthma and its Management

Rajanandh¹

2015

J. of Medical Sciences

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“…96 Because of the difficulty of conducting randomized controlled trials of potentially fatal asthma, some of the key messages presented later in this article represent only grade I recommendations based on level II-3 or level III evidence.…”

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