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KMID : 0383819810280020064
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1981 Volume.28 No. 2 p.64 ~ p.69
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Clinical Observation on 120 Cases of Bronchial Asthma
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Kim Hyung-Lak
Hue Sung-Ho
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Abstract
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We performed clinical observation on 120 cases of bronchial asthma, admitted to Chung-Ang University Sung Sim Hospital from April, 1974 to March, 1980.
The result were as follows:
1. Seventy-three cases of l20 asthma patients were male and 47 cases were female. Male to female ratio was 1.6：1 and peak age in incidence of asthma was first decade (21.7%).
2. The peak age in the onset of asthma was first decade (26.7%) and male to female ratio was 7：1 in this group.
3. Monthly distribution of asthma attack revealed the peak occurence in September. In seasonal distribution, Summer and Autumn were more frequent than Spring and Winter.
4. Sixty-five cases (54.2%) had other allergic disorders and among them urticaria was most common.
5. Fifty-four cases (45.0%) had family allergic history.
6. In duration from attack of symptoms to admission, 58 cases (48.3%) of 120 asthma cases were admitted within 3 days.
7. In therapeutic. response to bronchodilators, 110 cases (91.7%) had resulted in good response and 39 cases among them improved within 3 days.
8. There were no response to bronchodilator in 10 cases (8.3%).
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