LUNG ALERT
Many asthma deaths may be preventable
Clinical Research Fellow, North West Lung Centre, Manchester, UK; cpryspicard@fs1.with.man.ac.uk
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Harrison B, Stephenson P, Mohan G, et al. An on-going confidential enquiry into asthma deaths in the Eastern region of the UK, 2001–2003. Primary Care Respir J 2005;14:303–13
All deaths under the age of 65 with asthma recorded in the first part of the death certificate were examined from a population of approximately 5.25 million people. Hospital and GP records were scrutinised and GPs were interviewed to ensure that asthma was the cause of death. Fifty seven of the original 95 reported deaths were due to asthma; the other 38 deaths were due to COPD (n = 13), cardiac disease (n = 11), pneumonia (n = 9), and other conditions.
Of the 57 confirmed asthma deaths, 19 patients had significant co-morbid diseases. 60% of the asthma fatalities were male, a reverse of the male/female ratio observed in severe asthma. 53% of patients were felt
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