Passive smoke exposure impairs recovery after hospitalization for acute asthma
Passive smoke exposure impairs recovery after hospitalization for acute asthma
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DOI：
10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170390025005
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发表时间：
1997-02-01
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通讯作者：
Redding, GJ
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作者：
Abulhosn, RS;Morray, BH;Redding, GJ
Objective: To determine if children with chronic asthma hospitalized for an acute exacerbation experienced prolonged clinical recovery after hospital discharge if they returned to a home environment in which they were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.Design: A prospective longitudinal study.Setting: Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.Patients: Patients admitted to the emergency department of the Children's Hospital and Medical Center with the single diagnosis of asthma (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision [ICD-9] code 493).Results: Twenty-two children with acute asthma were sequentially enrolled in the study and longitudinally observed between February and June 1994. The tobacco-smoking group (n=11) was defined as having at least 1 smoker in the home. The nonsmoking group (n=11) had no environmental tobacco smoke exposure at home. The 2 groups were similar in age, sex, preadmission chronic asthma severity, and immediate predischarge asthma status. Discharge medication use was similar in the 2 groups. During a 1 month follow-up period, the tobacco-smoking group had a significantly greater number of symptomatic days than the nonsmoking group (P
