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Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 376-382 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Jinan Soaod Oraiby; Haider Talib Hussain; Asaad Abdullah Abbas; Maher Mohammed Hassan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| BSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic disease &the chronic disease states regardless etiology can cause growth failure in infant &toddler. OBJECTIVE : To assess growth of asthmatic patients PATIENT AND METHODS: One hundred asthmatic children between (5-15 years) of age . Both asthmatic & control group studied in term of height, weight & Skin fold thickness, all anthropometric measurements of height, weight &skin fold thickness measured for both groups. RESULT: Height, weight &skin fold thickness were significantly retarded in asthmatic, the more severe the disease &longer duration the more retardation in the height & weight. The height was affected more than the weight by the disease duration & severity .The diminution in skin fold thickness was retarded both with increase disease duration & severity but the female was less retarded than male as the disease duration prolonged. CONCLUSION: All growth parameter (height, weight, SFT) affected by asthma (duration & severity), so the growth parameters can be used in asthmatic children to evaluate the effect of treatment | ||
| Keywords | ||
| growth parameter; Bronchial asthma | ||
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