Emergency department visits and hospitalisations for emergent asthmatic symptoms from 2014 to 2016: cross-sectional study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the characteristics of emergent patients with asthma who visited emergency departments (EDs) in Korea, and the consequences of these visits.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

We used data from the National Emergency Department Information System database from 2014 to 2016. The data included reports collected from 408 EDs in Korea.

Participants

We analysed the ED cases for asthma-related emergent symptoms that met the following inclusion criteria: (1) had a main diagnosis code of asthma (International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision code: J45/J46), and (2) recorded as an emergent symptom in the EDs.

Results

During 2014-2016, there were 58 713 ED visits related to an asthma diagnosis with emergent symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Choi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430419 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature