[Sudden asthma death: etiology and prevention].
The duration of the last lethal asthma attack in children was short and their asthma deaths were unexpected and abrupt in many cases by the annual reports of the committee on asthma death in children of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In adult asthma death, sudden death type died in three hours 29.3%, unstable sudden aggravation type 16.2% and status asthmatics was only 21.2% by the national wide study in Japan. The severity of asthma prior to asthma death; in children mild was 26%, moderate 30%, severe 43% and in adult, mild was 9.3%, moderate 41.4% and severe 49.2%. Asthma deaths during sports were also discussed. In adolescent and young adult, asthma was one of the main causes of sudden death. Prevention of sudden asthma death was discussed.
Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara General Hospital.
Takehiko
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Matsui
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden; D006801:Humans