title: [Prognosis of chronic respiratory diseases in children].
abstract: We investigated the prognosis of chronic respiratory diseases in children by questionnaires to the pediatric departments of 4 universities and 14 national or public hospitals in Fukuoka Prefecture. The total number of patients was 155, consisting of 77 males and 78 females. These diseases included bronchiectasis, which had the highest incidence (37, 23.9%), prolonged respiratory disorders in the newborn, pulmonary hypoplasia, pulmonary cysts and pulmonary fibrosis, etc. These 5 diseases comprised 65.8% of all cases. The number of cases on oxygen therapy was 9 (5.8%) and 5 of these 9 cases were on home oxygen therapy. A total of 18 cases (11.6%) were surgically treated. Of 155 cases, 91 cases were cured or improved, while 31 cases were unchanged, 6 cases deteriorated and 6 cases died. The prognosis of 21 cases was unknown. The number of cases whose daily activities were limited was 25 (16.1%).
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authors.lastname: Kano
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy