Herrera Ana María, Cavada Ch Gabriel, Mañalich M Jaime
Clínica Santa María, Chile.
Departamento de Salud Pública y Epidemiología, Universidad de los Andes, Chile.
Rev Chil Pediatr. 2017;88(5):602-607. doi: 10.4067/S0370-41062017000500005.
Bronchial asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in children. Every year an important number of asthmatic children is hospitalized for asthma crisis. The magnitude of this problem in Chile is unknown.
To evaluated the asthma hospitalization rate in 5-15 year-old children and evaluate their evolution.
We calculate the asthma hospitalization rate in children based on data from the National Hospitalization Discharge Registry from the Statistics and Health Information Department of the Ministry of Health (DEIS) and the National Institute of Statistics (INE). We evaluate the evolution of these rates from 2001 to 2014.
We observed a significant increase in the asthma hospitalization rates in children from 3,8 for 10.000 inhabitants in 2001 to 7,8 for 10.000 inhabitants in 2014. The average age was 8,5 years ± 2,7. Male gender was predominant (57,58%) with a mean length of stay of 3 days (range 1-12).
The actual asthma hospitalization rate in Chile is 7,8 for 10.000 inhabitants for children 5 to 15 years old, with a double increase in this rate during the 14 year period analyzed.
支气管哮喘是儿童中最常见的慢性疾病。每年都有相当数量的哮喘儿童因哮喘发作而住院。智利这一问题的严重程度尚不清楚。
评估5至15岁儿童的哮喘住院率并评估其变化情况。
我们根据卫生部统计与健康信息司（DEIS）和国家统计局（INE）的国家住院出院登记数据计算儿童哮喘住院率。我们评估了2001年至2014年这些比率的变化情况。
我们观察到儿童哮喘住院率显著上升，从2001年每10000名居民中的3.8例升至2014年每10000名居民中的7.8例。平均年龄为8.5岁±2.7岁。男性占主导（57.58%），平均住院时间为3天（范围1至12天）。
智利5至15岁儿童的实际哮喘住院率为每10000名居民中的7.8例，在分析的14年期间该比率增长了一倍。
