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The Pediatric Asthmatic
The incidence of allergies and asthma in the Western world has been increasing over the past 30 years. However, more recent data suggests that over the past 5–10 years, the overall global trends of asthma incidence have begun to stabilize (1). Urbanization and industrialization has contributed to th...
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description | The incidence of allergies and asthma in the Western world has been increasing over the past 30 years. However, more recent data suggests that over the past 5–10 years, the overall global trends of asthma incidence have begun to stabilize (1). Urbanization and industrialization has contributed to the increase in developed countries, but the reasons for this are still unclear. Asthma is estimated to be responsible for 1 in every 250 deaths worldwide. Many of these deaths are preventable, and specific issues have been identified that may contribute to this high mortality rate. Factors that contribute to high mortality and morbidity include slow access to care and medications, inadequate environmental control of allergens and irritants, dietary changes, genetic variations, cultural barriers, lack of education amongst patients and providers, insufficient resources, and improper use of health care dollars. |
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spelling | pubmed-71203002020-04-06 The Pediatric Asthmatic Chang, Christopher Bronchial Asthma Article The incidence of allergies and asthma in the Western world has been increasing over the past 30 years. However, more recent data suggests that over the past 5–10 years, the overall global trends of asthma incidence have begun to stabilize (1). Urbanization and industrialization has contributed to the increase in developed countries, but the reasons for this are still unclear. Asthma is estimated to be responsible for 1 in every 250 deaths worldwide. Many of these deaths are preventable, and specific issues have been identified that may contribute to this high mortality rate. Factors that contribute to high mortality and morbidity include slow access to care and medications, inadequate environmental control of allergens and irritants, dietary changes, genetic variations, cultural barriers, lack of education amongst patients and providers, insufficient resources, and improper use of health care dollars. 2011-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7120300/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6836-4_5 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Chang, Christopher The Pediatric Asthmatic |
title | The Pediatric Asthmatic |
title_full | The Pediatric Asthmatic |
title_fullStr | The Pediatric Asthmatic |
title_full_unstemmed | The Pediatric Asthmatic |
title_short | The Pediatric Asthmatic |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120300/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6836-4_5 |
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