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Thorax 2006;61:195 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.la0191
  • Miscellaneous

Many asthma deaths may be preventable

  1. C Prys-Picard
  1. Clinical Research Fellow, North West Lung Centre, Manchester, UK; cpryspicard@fs1.with.man.ac.uk

    ▴ 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 J2005;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 …

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