title: The magnitude of the asthma problem in Cape Town.
abstract: The magnitude of the asthma problem in Cape Town, as reflected by cases presenting to a large hospital, is described. The need for better facilities to treat acute asthma and to provide supervised interval therapy is discussed. A plea is made for the more widespread use of well-established simple beside aids in the assessment of the severity of asthma and the response to therapy.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital; D013019:South Africa