RT Book, Section
A1 Litonjua, Augusto A.
A1 Apter, Andrea J.
A1 Weiss, Scott T.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122359293
T1 Asthma: Epidemiology
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122359293
RD 2024/04/24
AB Asthma  is  a  clinical  syndrome  that  affects  25  million  Americans  and  accounts  for  12.7  million  medical  visits  yearly.  One-third  of  those  afflicted  with  asthma  are  children  under  the  age  of  18  years.  It  is  estimated  that  roughly  half  of  these  children  received  their  diagnosis  prior  to  the  age  of  6  years.  As  a  result,  the  origins  of  asthma  are  believed  to  have  a  clear  genomic  component  that  is  often  manifested  in  early  childhood.  The  clinical  course  of  this  illness  is  influenced  greatly  by  exposures,  including  respiratory  viruses,  indoor  allergens,  maternal  tobacco  smoke,  and  other  physical  and  social  aspects  of  the  environment.  Thus,  this  clinical  disease  has  important  consequences  in  childhood  and  may  have  important  consequences  for  adult  obstructive  lung  disease.