Clinical characteristics of patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited 146 Emergency Department in Korea in 2012
Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
;
: 334-340, 2015.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-81729
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was aimed to investigate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited in 146 Emergency Departments (EDs) in Korea in 2012.METHODS:
We used the NEDIS (National Emergency Department Information System) database to obtain all children with acute bronchiolitis who visited ED under the age of 3 between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.RESULTS:
Totally 18,313 children with acute bronchiolitis were enrolled at this study. The male to female ratio was 1.551 and mean age was 10 months. The peak proportion was 17.3% in November during the whole year. The most common chief complaints were fever (38.5%), cough (37.4%), dyspnea (9.5%), gastrointestinal symptom (6.7%), and wheezing (2.5%). The most common accompanying disease was pneumonia (13.3%). The rate of hospital admission and intensive care unit admission were 34.5% and 0.3%, respectively. A predictor for admission via ED was respiratory difficulty.CONCLUSION:
These data expand our understanding of clinical characteristics of patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited all ED in Korea in 2012.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Bronchiolitis
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Respiratory Sounds
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Cough
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Dyspnea
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Emergencies
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Fever
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Intensive Care Units
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Korea
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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