关键词:哮喘;横断面研究
【摘要】 目的 了解老年人支气管哮喘的患病情况。 方法 对上海市2个街道的居民中65岁以上19329名老年人进行有关哮喘患病情况的专项调查。 结果 老年人哮喘患病率为0.41%,75%的患者发病年龄>14岁;诱发因素前3位分别是上呼吸道感染、气候变化和刺激性气体;最大呼气流速(PEFR)值明显低于健康人。 结论 患病率低、发病大多在14岁后、上呼吸道感染为首位诱发因素、肺功能差是老年人哮喘的特点。
An investigationon asthma in the aged in urban area of Shanghai
GU Haoping,ZHU Huiru,QIAOXiaoqin,et al.
(Shanghai Jing An Geriatric Hospital,Shanghai 200040,China)
【Abstract】 Objective Tohave an epidemiologic study on asthma in the aged. Methods An investigation on theprevalence and other clinical data of asthma was carried out in a total of 19 329 aged intwo street districts in Shanghai. Results The morbidity rate of asthma in the agedis 0.41%, being lower than that in general population reported previously. The age ofonset in about 75 percent of the asthma patients was in their adulthood. The first threeinducing causes are infection of the upper respiratory tract, change of weather andinhalation of irritant gas. Peak expiratory flow rate(PEFR) value in the patients isobviously lower than that in the normal subjects. Conclusions The characteristicfeatures of asthma in the aged are lower morbidity rates, age of onset mostly inadulthood, upper respiratory infection being the most frequent inducing cause and impairedpulmonary function.
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