[Pattern-profile of emergency consultations of children in acute asthmatic crisis].
BACKGROUND
Asthma is one of the most frequent illnesses in the pediatric age, the exacerbations account for one of the main consult causes to the emergency services.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency of the consultation demand and the recurrence of patients with acute crisis of asthma.


METHODS
A transverse study, performed at the service of pediatric emergencies, included pediatric patients with acute crisis of asthma from January to December, 2000.


RESULTS
In this study 20.3% of the consultations were due to acute crisis of asthma, 54.29% needed handling in the service of pediatric emergencies with inhalotherapy; 94.3% responded to the treatment. The gender masculine-feminine relationship was of 1.7:1. The predominant ages were from 3 to 5 years. The consultation increased in September, October and November.


CONCLUSIONS
When asthma is mistreated may present exacerbations.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000453:epidemiology*