Titre : | Is asthma in 2-12 year-old children associated with physician-attended recurrent upper respiratory tract infections ? (2003) |
Auteurs : | Eelko HAK ; Maroeska-M ROVERS ; Alfred-Pe SACHS ; STALMAN (Wim-Ab) : NLD. Emgo-Institute. Department of General Practice. Vu University Medical Center. Amsterdam. ; Theo-Jm VERHEIJ ; Julius Center for Health Science and Primary Care. University Medical Center. Utrecht. NLD |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 18, n° 9, 2003) |
Pagination : | 899-902 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Asthme ; Enfant ; Homme ; Infection ; Epidémiologie ; Médecine générale ; Soins santé primaire ; Etiologie ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] ; Bronchopneumopathie obstructive |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS GQ0R0xIG. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In a prevalence study, we evaluated whether recurrent physician-attended URTI episodes are more common in asthmatic children as compared to age-and gender-matched controls. URTI proneness, defined as>=5 episodes of rhinitis/pharyngitis, sinusitis, laryngitis/tracheitis or otitis media in a 24-month period, was more common in asthmatics than controls (adjusted odds ratio 2.5,95% confidence interval : 1.1-6.1). As a consequence, antibiotic prescriptions and referrals to hospitals occurred more frequently among asthmatics than controls. |