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 6 5岁以上 1932 9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。
Objective To have an epidemiologic study on asthma in the aged. Methods An investigation on the prevalence and other clinical data of asthma was carried out in a total of 19 329 aged in two street districts in Shanghai. Results The morbidity rate of asthma in the aged is 0 41%, being lower than that in general population reported previously. The age of onset in about 75 percent of the asthma patients was in their adulthood. The first three inducing causes are infection of the upper respiratory tract, change of weather and inhalation of irritant gas. Peak expiratory flow rate(PEFR) value in the patients is obviously lower than that in the normal subjects. Conclusions The characteristic features of asthma in the aged are lower morbidity rates, age of onset mostly in adulthood, upper respiratory infection being the most frequent inducing cause and impaired pulmonary function.
出处
《中华老年医学杂志》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2000年第4期286-288,共3页
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
