Allergy Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Tampere Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere, Finland.
Thorax. 2018 Feb;73(2):185-187. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209739. Epub 2017 Apr 3.
Paediatric asthma hospitalisation trends in Finland and Sweden over the past 10 years are unclear. We investigated the incidence of paediatric asthma hospitalisations in both countries from 2005 to 2014, using Finland's National Hospital Discharge Register and Sweden's National Patient Register which cover all hospitalisations in the respective countries. During the study period, the incidence of paediatric asthma hospitalisations decreased by 51% in Finland, but remained stable in Sweden. In both countries, asthma hospitalisations decreased over time among children aged 0-4 years, with unclear trends for older ages. The reasons for these intercountry differences are unclear, thus warranting future research.
在过去的 10 年中，芬兰和瑞典儿科哮喘住院趋势尚不清楚。我们调查了两国 2005 年至 2014 年的儿科哮喘住院发病率，使用了涵盖各自国家所有住院治疗的芬兰国家住院患者登记处和瑞典国家患者登记处。在研究期间，芬兰儿科哮喘住院的发病率下降了 51%，而瑞典则保持稳定。在这两个国家，0-4 岁儿童的哮喘住院率随着时间的推移而下降，而年龄较大的儿童的趋势尚不清楚。造成这些国家间差异的原因尚不清楚，因此需要进一步研究。
