Hospital admissions for asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease in East London hospitals and proximity of residence to main roads
Hospital admissions for asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease in East London hospitals and proximity of residence to main roads
复制标题
DOI：
10.1136/jech.54.1.75
复制
发表时间：
2000-01-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Boucher, BJ
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Morris, SE;Sale, RC;Boucher, BJ
方法病例摘自1991-1992年皇家伦敦医院急诊科连续急诊入院的医学摘要。患者记录诊断为哮喘或慢性阻塞性气道疾病，并在塔哈姆莱茨居民，被确定。根据性别、入院年份和顾问团队选择与非胸部相关疾病的个体匹配对照（也通过急诊科获得）。这些对照品的选择方法排除了手术、骨科或创伤病例。总体而言，82%的配对在5年内匹配，其余的在10年内匹配。对于每例病例和对照组，提取地址、种族、是否接受过强化治疗以及当年是否再次入院。吸烟数据太不完整，无法使用。
MethodsThe cases were extracted from the medical summaries of sequential emergency medical admissions through the casualty departments at The Royal London Hospitals in 1991–1992. Patient records with a diagnosis of asthma or chronic obstructive airways disease, and resident in Tower Hamlets, were identified. Individually matched controls (also obtained from emergency medical admissions through the casualty departments) with a non-chest related illness were selected based on sex, year of admission and consultant team. The selection method of these controls precludes surgical, orthopaedic or trauma cases. Overall, 82% of the pairs were matched to within five years, the remainder to within 10 years. For each case and control, address, ethnic group, whether there had been treatment in intensive therapy, and whether there had been any re-admission during that year, were extracted. Smoking data were too incomplete to be used.