Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

A Study of Clinical Profile of Children with Bronchial Asthma in Eastern India

Dr. Satish Kumar, Dr Ankur Priyadarshi

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 Background: Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide. Asthma is very common in paediatric age group with immense social impact on children. The prevalence of Bronchial Asthma has increased continuously since the 1970s, and now affects an estimated 4 to 7% of the people worldwide. Aim: To study clinical profile of childhood asthmatic patients admitted in paediatric ward of our hospital. Materials and Methods: The present study was a prospective study which was conducted in the department of paediatrics J.L.N. Medical College & Hospital Bhagalpur. We studied 48 pediatric cases of onchial asthma admitted to paediatric ward of our hospital  within a period of one year from January  2016 to December 2016. We found that asthma is more prevalent in age group of 13 months to 5years (39.5%), with male predominance(M=60.4%)with history of allergy in 36.67% of patients. Conclusion: In our study we found statistically significant differences in clinical presentation of asthma in different age groups ,gender wise ,environmental wise and with different risk/triggering factors. 

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Dr. Satish Kumar, Dr Ankur Priyadarshi, A Study of Clinical Profile of Children with Bronchial Asthma in Eastern India, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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