title: Asthma in Singapore children.
abstract: Over the last decade, admissions from respiratory infections have declined but there had been an increase in admissions from Bronchial Asthma in Singapore Government Hospitals. Better recognition by doctors and increased prevalence are important factors. However, mortality had remained low. Like other mortality studies, underestimation of the severity of asthma and undertreatment are the major contributing factors to asthma deaths in Singapore children. Therefore, better public education and continuing education of medical personnel may help to reduce deaths from asthma in children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Chay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology